Record Number: 21063
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Passages 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 had any other Desire so strong, and so like to Covetousness as that one which I have had always. That I might be Master at last of a small House and a large Garden, with very modern Conveniencies joined to them, and there dedicate the remainder of my Life to the Culture of them and the study of Nature.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1937 and 31 Dec 1937
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Jan 1879
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Essay no. 5 ('The Garden')
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Philosophy, Agriculture / horticulture / husbandry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsSource ed. cites Abraham Cowley, The Essays and Other Prose Writings, ed. Alfred B. Gough (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1915) p.168
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Source Information:
Record ID:21063
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
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Page:106
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 106, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21063, accessed: 04 May 2024
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