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Record Number: 21215


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Noted by E. M. Forster in his Commonplace Book (1944), beside quoted lines 'Thought shall be the harder / Heart the keener / Mood shall be the more / As our might lessens': 'The Lay of the Battle of Malden [sic] (date --) quoted by Arnold Toynbee on the title page of his History. Again the bombers whirr (14-3-44) as I transcribe it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

14 Mar 1944

Country:

England

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


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:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Toynbee

Title:

A Study of History (vol I)

Genre:

History

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

12 vols; vol I published 1934.

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

21215

Source:

Print

Author:

E. M. Forster

Editor:

Philip Gardner

Title:

Commonplace Book

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1985

Vol:

n/a

Page:

163

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 163, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21215, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

Quotation from The Lay of the Battle of Maldon appears as epigraph on title-page of text.

   
   
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