Record Number: 5667

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

H. J. Jackson notes annotations by T. B. Macaulay in T. J. Mathias, Pursuits of Literature, including "'Bah!'" "'A contemptible heap of rant & twaddle'" and "'Noisome pedantry'."

Century:

1800-1849, 1850-1899

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

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:

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1800

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer/Politician

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:

T. J. Mathias

Title:

Pursuits of Literature

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

13th ed. London: Becket, 1805

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5667

Source:

Print

Author:

H. J. Jackson

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

215

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

H. J. Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books, (New Haven, 2001), p. 215, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5667, accessed: 21 January 2025

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Additional Comments:

None