Record Number: 5228

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

" ... [John] Donne describes his 'poor Library, where to cast mine eye upon good Authors kindles or refreshes sometimes meditations not unfit to communicate to near friends' ..."

Century:

1500-1599, 1600-1699

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

location in dwelling: library

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:

John Donne

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

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:

Title:

various texts

Genre:

Unknown

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

5228

Source:

Print

Author:

Stephen B. Dobranski

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

n/a

Vol:

n/a

Page:

49

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Stephen B. Dobranski, Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England p. 49, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5228, accessed: 25 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

Quotation from John Donne, Selected Prose 127.