Record Number: 4009

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

"I have read your book with keen interest. I always read you with the pleasure of a literary critic recognising (and envying) mastery in the art of putting things."

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

1902

Country:

England

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:

Leslie Stephen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Nov 1832

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Literary critic, historian, journalist, biographer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

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:

William James

Title:

The varieties of religious experience

Genre:

Other religious, Essays / Criticism, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1902

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4009

Source:

Print

Author:

Leslie Stephen

Editor:

John Bicknell

Title:

The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904

Place of Publication:

Ohio State University Press

Date of Publication:

2

Vol:

1996

Page:

527

Additional Comments:

Letter from Stephen to William James (23/7/1902).

Citation:

Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol. 2 1882-1904, (Ohio State University Press, 2), 1996, p. 527, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4009, accessed: 07 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None