Record Number: 21283
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'He [George Gissing] recommended [in letters to his siblings] books like Morris's "Earthly Paradise", a poem "abounding in the quaintest archaisms"; Ruskin's "Unto this last", which Gissing liked as a "contribution to - or rather onslaught upon - Political Economy"; Landor's "Imaginary Conversations", for its "perfect prose"; and Scott's "Redgauntlet", for the romantic situations of which he must "try to find parallel kinds in modern life". Gissing kept up the habit throughout his life: he was always reading and always recommending books to his friends and family. In the early 1880s he read a lot of German, and to his brother, Algernon, particularly recommended Eckerman's "Conversations with Goethe", "a most delightful book". Meanwhile his sister, Margaret, was reading Schiller under his direction'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:From: 1 Jan 1885
Country:England
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Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:22 Nov 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:author
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Earthly Paradise, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21283
Source:Michael Collie
Editor:n/a
Title:The Alien Art. A Critical Study of George Gissing's Novels
Place of Publication:Folkestone
Date of Publication:1979
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Page:43
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Michael Collie, The Alien Art. A Critical Study of George Gissing's Novels (Folkestone, 1979), p. 43, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21283, accessed: 19 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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