Record Number: 20918

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Passages quoted in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book, 1932, include this remark from Charles F. Richardson 'Critical Introduction' to The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe: 'It may be added that Poe stands supreme, even in the only morally pure national literature the world has ever seen, in the absolute chastity of his every word.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1932 and 31 Dec 1932

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Charles F. Richardson

Title:

'Critical Introduction'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In The Complete Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908) p.lii.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20918

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

91

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 91, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20918, accessed: 15 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

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