Record Number: 26293

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'The annotations in Wilde's copy of J.E.T. Rodgers's edition of [Aristotle's] "Ethics", which is inscribed "Oscar Wilde, Magdalen College, October 1877", illustrate his passionate opposition to [the Historicist] view. Interleaved with the Greek text are around 200 pages on which Wilde has written copious notes in English and Greek. In them he creates a bridge between the past and the present by comparing Aristotle to modern writers such as David Hume and Tennyson...'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1874 and 31 Dec 1876

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Oxford

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:

Oscar Wilde

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Oct 1854

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Aristotle

Title:

Ethics

Genre:

Classics, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

ed. J.E.T. Rodgers

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

26293

Source:

Print

Author:

Thomas Wright

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Oscar's Books

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2000

Vol:

n/a

Page:

70

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books, (London, 2000), p. 70, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26293, accessed: 18 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None