Record Number: 5813
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Robert Boyle being made to "read the state adventures of Amadis de Gaulle and other fabulous stories" which met a "restless fancy, then made more susceptible of any impressions by an unemployed pensiveness" and accustomed his thoughts to such a habitude of roving, that he [had] scarce ever been their quiet master since.'
Century:1600-1699
Date:unknown
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Unknown
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Jan 1627
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Natural philosopher
Religion:n/a
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:Amadis de Gaule
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5813
Source:Adrian Jones
Editor:n/a
Title:Essay entitled 'The physiology of reading in Restoration England' in The Practice and representation of reading in England
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:n/a
Page:138
Additional Comments:
When Boyle was at school, in the early to mid 1640s
Citation:
Adrian Jones, Essay entitled 'The physiology of reading in Restoration England' in The Practice and representation of reading in England (Cambridge, 1996), p. 138, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5813, accessed: 02 May 2024
Additional Comments:
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