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Record Number: 19666


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'To L[eonard]W[oolf], the philistinism of [George Macaulay] Trevelyan and his friends was epitomised by their dislike of the Elizabethan dramatist John Webster, whose Duchess of Malfi was read and admired by the "X" Society.'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Oct 1899 and 8 Apr 1902

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reading Group:

The 'X' Society

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Cambridge undergraduate students

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Webster

Title:

The Duchess of Malfi

Genre:

Drama, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

19666

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

Frederic Spotts

Title:

Letters of Leonard Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

23 n.1

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Frederic Spotts (ed.), Letters of Leonard Woolf (London, 1990), p. 23 n.1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=19666, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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