Record Number: 5060
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'We think he is mistaken in every respect. His work does not teach the human heart, but insults it...His precepts are conveyed in the cries of Bedlam; and the outrage of a wretched old maniac, long passed the years of appetite, perpetrated on the person of his miserable child, under motives that are inconsistent with reason, and circumstances impossible in fact, is presented to us as a mirror in which we may contemplate a portion, of least, of our common nature! How far this disposition to rake in the lazar-house of humanity for examples of human life and action, is consistent with a spirit of
1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1820 and 1 Mar 1820
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:24 Oct 1784
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer, journalist, editor
Religion:Presbyterian
Country of Origin:Scotland
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:The Cenci
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5060
Source:Josephine Bauer
Editor:n/a
Title:Anglistica The London Magazine
Place of Publication:Copenhagen
Date of Publication:1953
Vol:n/a
Page:191-193
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Josephine Bauer, Anglistica The London Magazine, (Copenhagen, 1953), p. 191-193, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5060, accessed: 13 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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