| 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.' |
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| Century: | 1600-1699 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Robert Boyle |
| 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 |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Garci Rodriguez de Montalvo |
| Title: | Amadis de Gaule |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5813 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5813, accessed: 29 April 2024 | |
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