Record Number: 21060
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1937) include part of Le Morte D'Arthur, XX.3, opening: ' "So upon Trinity Sunday at night King Arthur dreamed a womderful dream [...] that to him there seemed he sat upon a chaflet [platform] in a chair, and the chair was fast to a wheel "'. Underneath, Forster notes: 'Copied, with modernised spelling, just as King George VI returned from his coronation to his palace.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:12 May 1937
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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: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
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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:Le Morte D'Arthur
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Source Information:
Record ID:21060
Source:E. M. Forster
Editor:Philip Gardner
Title:Commonplace Book
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1985
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Page:103
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 103, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21060, accessed: 25 September 2023
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