Record Number: 6205

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... Abraham Cowley ... found that reading Spenser in his mother's parlor 'made [him] a Poet as immediately as a Child is made an Eunuch.'"

Century:

1600-1699

Date:

Between 1618 and 1636

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: mother's parlour

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:

Abraham Cowley

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1618

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

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:

Edmund Spenser

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

6205

Source:

Print

Author:

Adrian Johns

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making

Place of Publication:

Chicago

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

383

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Adrian Johns, The Nature of the Book: Print and Knowledge in the Making, (Chicago, 1998), p. 383, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6205, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

None