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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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Record Number: 2835


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'merchant seaman Lennox Kerr ditched overboard his early experiments in authorship:"... writing isn't for the working man. It sets him apart. He isn't such a toiler if he knows too much or does things like writing. Even reading Shakespeare and the Bible and my Cobbett's Grammar put me under suspicion."'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: on a ship

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:

Lennox Kerr

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1899

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

merchant seaman

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:

n/a

Title:

Bible

Genre:

Bible

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2835

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

180

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 180, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2835, accessed: 28 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See Lennox Kerr, 'The Eager Years' (London, 1940) p.102

   
   
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