Record Number: 30290

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'During these days he was reading two books with enjoyment: Lionel Trilling's Matthew Arnold and Werner Jaeger's Paideia, The Ideals of Greek Culture, which had just arrived from Blackwell's, a stiff book, but to Alastair [Buchan's son] it seemed that his father was becoming more intellectual in his interests, less concerned with current affairs.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Jan 1940

Country:

Canada

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

John Buchan

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

26 Aug 1875

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Governor General of Canada

Religion:

Church of Scotland

Country of Origin:

Kingdom of Fife

Country of Experience:

Canada

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Werner Jaeger

Title:

Paideia: The Ideals of Greek Culture

Genre:

Classics, Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30290

Source:

Print

Author:

Janet Adam Smith

Editor:

n/a

Title:

John Buchan: A Biography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1965

Vol:

n/a

Page:

469

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Janet Adam Smith, John Buchan: A Biography, (London, 1965), p. 469, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30290, accessed: 03 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None