Record Number: 6202

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Adrian Johns notes how, long after enjoying the romance of Quintus Curtius when young, "[Robert] Boyle ... found himself suffering 'violent pains' in an inn; reading an opportunely found copy of Curtius took his mind off his condition until it had cured itself."

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Inn

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Robert Boyle

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1627

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Quintus Curtius

Genre:

Fiction, History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6202

Source:

Print

Author:

Adrian Johns

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Place of Publication:

Chicago

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

382 n.4

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 382 n.4, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6202, accessed: 27 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotes from Robert Boyle by Himself and His Friends, ed. M. Hunter (London, 1994) 24.