Record Number: 29979
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At luncheon [read] Scott's "Architecture of Humanism", a valuable and permanent contribution to honest thought on the subject, and a book I rejoice to have. But Lord, how circumscribed are one's ideas without an occasional contradiction delivered well and flat between the eyes.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:15 Nov 1917
Country:Italy
Timedaytime: lunchtime
Place:city: Taranto
county: Apulia
(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:19 Nov 1881
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:diplomat (colonial civil servant) and army officer
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Italy
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Architecture of Humanism: A Study in the History of Taste
Genre:Arts / architecture
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1914 Constable
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29979
Source:Ronald Storrs
Editor:n/a
Title:Orientations
Place of Publication:London (Readers Union Edn.)
Date of Publication:1939 (1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:277
Additional Comments:
Diary entry 15 November 1917.
Citation:
Ronald Storrs, Orientations, (London (Readers Union Edn.), 1939 (1937)), p. 277, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29979, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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