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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945Passages quoted in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book, 1932, include this remark from Charles F. Richardson 'Critical Introduction' to The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe...Edward Morgan Forster Charles F. Richardson'Critical Introduction'Print: Book
1900-1945Under heading 'Invocation of Poetry by Rhetoric': 'A mass of dead words is set spinning, then kindles. [italics]Or[end italics]: one's taste and critical faculties, th...Edward Morgan Forster William ShakespeareRomeo and JulietPrint: Book
1900-1945'The subject of the evening, 'Ballads', now occupied attention. From an introductory paper prepared by Mary Hayward & from readings by Rosamund Wallis we learnt what a ...Rosamund Wallis Thomas the RhymerPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'Thanks for the book ["The Little Man"]. "Abracadabra" is immense. Indeed every page is as full as it can be right through the book.' Hence follow five more lines of pra...Joseph Conrad John GalsworthyThe Little Man and other satiresPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed at length in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1932) include reflections by Indu Rakshit on 'the representation of the feminine' in contemporary West...Edward Morgan Forster Indu Rakshit Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945Passages transcribed at length in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1932) include extract from Voltaire, Charles XII Book 3 (on the execution of Jean Reginald Patkul, amb...Edward Morgan Forster Voltaire Histoire de Charles XII (Book 3)Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935) include (from chapter 15 of Christopher Isherwood, Mr Norris Changes Trains): 'Remorse is not for the elde...Edward Morgan Forster Christopher IsherwoodMr Norris Changes TrainsPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935) include reflections on associations of placenames and other words, and on effects of 'the world' upon stro...Edward Morgan Forster Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to ArmsPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935-6) include two quotations from Herman Melville, Mardi.Edward Morgan Forster Herman MelvilleMardiPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935-6) include quotation from letter of Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne: ' "I stand for the heart. To...Edward Morgan Forster Herman MelvilleLetter to Nathaniel Hawthorne, ?1 June 1851Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1935-6) include quotation from Norman Douglas, Together, opening: 'How many avenues of delight are closed to the...Edward Morgan Forster Norman DouglasTogetherPrint: Book
1900-1945'A clean table and proper lighting make me solider, I find. Tonight I have swept all the rubbish off my board and read some of Oedipus Tyrannus with only the lamp and two...Edward Morgan Forster Sophocles Oedipus TyrannusPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include part of Le Morte D'Arthur, XX.3, opening: ' "So upon Trinity Sunday at night King Arthur dreamed ...Edward Morgan Forster Thomas MaloryLe Morte D'ArthurPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include Zechariah I.ii: 'And they answered the Angel of the Lord that stood among the myrtle trees and...Edward Morgan Forster Book of ZechariahPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include five extracts from letters of Ibsen, noted as 'Copied from some notes made for lecturing on I[bse...Edward Morgan Forster Henrik Ibsenpassages from The Correspondence of Henrik IbsenManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include extract from Cowley's Essay No. 5 ('The Garden'), dedicated to John Evelyn, and opening: 'I never...Edward Morgan Forster Abraham CowleyEssay no. 5 ('The Garden')Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include the description of the death of Mr Badman's wife (opening 'Now, said she, I am going to rest for...Edward Morgan Forster John BunyanThe Life and Death of Mr BadmanPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include reflections upon benefits of reading both devotional and 'gallant' books, and the heart's ability...Edward Morgan Forster Jean de la Bruyere'Du Coeur'Print: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include the description of the suicide of John Cox, from chapter 19 of John Bunyan's Life and D...Edward Morgan Forster John BunyanThe Life and Death of Mr BadmanPrint: Book
1900-1945Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937-38) include extracts on the art and literature of different historical periods from Les Grands T...Edward Morgan Forster Jean Freville, trans. and ed.Sur la Litterature et l'Art: Karl Marx, Friedrich ...Print: Book


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