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Record Number: 21200


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Forster's material on the Sophists and others is drawn from part II ("Byzantium A.D. 313-565") of F. A. Wright's A History of Later Greek Literature from the Death of Alexandria in 323 B.C. to the Death of Justinian in 565 A.D. (Routledge, 1932).'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1942 and 31 Dec 1942

Country:

England

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:

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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

F. A. Wright

Title:

A History of Later Greek Literature

Genre:

Other religious, Classics, Essays / Criticism, History, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Published by Routledge, 1932

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21200

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

318

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 318, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21200, accessed: 26 April 2024


Additional Comments:

Source ed.'s note accompanies remarks in Forster's Commonplace Book (1942), in which Wright's book referred to as 'my insubstantial guide'; see p.144 in source.

   
   
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