Record Number: 21072

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include Hitler's 18 July 1937 'address at Munich' (denouncing 'degenerate' art, and demanding an ideally pure and timeless national art for Germany), which Forster notes that he originally read as research for his article 'The Ivory Tower'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 18 Jul 1937 and 31 Dec 1938

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Edward Morgan Forster

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

Country of Experience:

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

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Adolf Hitler

Title:

address on national art

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Politics, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

1937

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21072

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

110

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 110, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21072, accessed: 16 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Forster's essay 'The Ivory Tower' published in The London Mercury (Christmas number, 1938) pp.119-30. See p.301 in source for ed.'s notes on published versions of speech.