Record Number: 21087

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include criticisms of practices of editors of Renaissance-period texts, by William Gifford in his Memoir of Ben Jonson; Forster also notes that 'Lord Macaulay has written "Very Good" in the margin of the copy at Wallington'.

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

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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:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

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

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Additional Comments:

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Text Being Read:

Author:

William Gifford

Title:

Memoir of Ben Jonson

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In William Gifford, ed., The Works of Ben Jonson, with a Memoir (1838; new edition 1853)

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21087

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

113

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book, (London, 1985), p. 113, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21087, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

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