Record Number: 21612
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Talking of "The Spectator", he said, "It is wonderful that there is such a proportion of bad papers, in the half of the work which was not written by Addison; for there was all the world to write that half, yet not a half of that half is good. One of the finest pieces in the English language is the paper on Novelty, yet we do not hear it talked of. It was written by Grove, a dissenting [italics] teacher [end italics]".'
Century:1700-1799
Date:Until: 10 Apr 1776
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Sep 1709
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:England
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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: Title:'Novelty' [essay in The Spectator]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
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Source Information:
Record ID:21612
Source:James Boswell
Editor:R.W. Chapman
Title:Life of Johnson
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1980
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Page:740
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
James Boswell, R.W. Chapman (ed.), Life of Johnson (Oxford, 1980), p. 740, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21612, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Original date of publication 1791.