Record Number: 20838

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1928) include remarks on spatial relations between man, atoms, and stars, and on the effects of temperature on matter, from A. S. Eddington, Stars and Atoms (1927).

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1928 and 31 Dec 1928

Country:

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Time

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Place:

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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:

Edward Morgan Forster

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Jan 1879

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

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Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

A. S. Eddington

Title:

Stars and Atoms

Genre:

Science

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20838

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

38-39

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 38-39, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20838, accessed: 27 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

Quoted passages from Lecture III, p.85, and Lecture II, p.84 respectively in text; see p.271 n.38 in source.