Record Number: 4426

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Benjamin] Franklin repudiated local tradition in favour of the new prose style he encountered in stray copies of the "Spectator" and "Tatler". His narrative of how he modeled his prose style directly upon theirs bespeaks the powerful appeal of cosmopolitan standards to the aspiring provincial ...'

Century:

1700-1799

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

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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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Benjamin Franklin

Age:

Unknown

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

17 Jan 1706

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

Scientist; politician; writer; printer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Massachusetts

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:

Title:

The Spectator

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

4426

Source:

Print

Author:

David D. Hall

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book

Place of Publication:

Amherst

Date of Publication:

1996

Vol:

n/a

Page:

28

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

David D. Hall, Cultures of Print: Essays in the History of the Book (Amherst, 1996), p. 28, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4426, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None