Record Number: 4070
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
?In your last ? letter you spoke very highly of Ecce Homo. To say the truth I don?t agree in your estimate ? partly because the book seemed to me to be feeble rhetorically, but partly, it may be, from another cause. I cannot look upon theological dogmas with the same kind of indifference that you do. ? Now ?Ecce Homo? may be amiable & enthusiastic & all that; but in a theological point of view, it is to me hateful. It is a feeble attempt to make sentimental oratory do the work of logic, & to supersede all criticism by a sort of a priori gush of enthusiasm.?
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1865 and 1867
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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: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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ecce Homo: a survey of the life and work of Jesus Christ
Genre:Other religious, History
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1865
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:4070
Source:Leslie Stephen
Editor:John Bicknell
Title:The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882
Place of Publication:Ohio State University Press
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:1
Page:45
Additional Comments:
Letter from Leslie Stephen to Oliver Wendell Jr (25/3/1867)
Citation:
Leslie Stephen, John Bicknell (ed.), The Selected Letters of Leslie Stephen Vol 1 1864-1882 , (Ohio State University Press, 1996), 1, p. 45, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4070, accessed: 07 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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