Record Number: 20913

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[entered in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1930), underneath quoted passage opening 'I wonder what morality is, whether eternal justice exists, immutable right & wrong, or whether law and custom rule the world of humanity, evolved for social convenience from primal savagery'] 'J. A. Symonds: but whence? copied into this book off an odd scrap of paper, and into an odd space in the book.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 8 Nov 1930 and 31 Dec 1930

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

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:

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:

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:

J. A. Symonds

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Autobiog / Diary, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown, Copied from earlier transcription in Forster's hand.

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20913

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

87

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 87, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20913, accessed: 24 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None