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Record Number: 7637


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Henry James to Professor Josiah Royce, 30 June 1911: 'I snatch too hurried a moment to express to you my great appreciation of your so generous and luminous treatment of my dear Brother's work and influence in your Phi Beta address yesterday -- read by me in last night's "Transcript".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 29 Jun 1911 and 30 Jun 1911

Country:

USA

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:

Henry James

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

15 Apr 1843

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

USA

Country of Experience:

USA

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Josiah Royce

Title:

Phi Beta address on the work and influence of William James

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Social Science, Biography, Philosophy

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

In Transcript, 29 June 1911

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

7637

Source:

Print

Author:

Henry James

Editor:

Leon Edel

Title:

Henry James: Letters

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

4

Page:

578

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Henry James, Leon Edel (ed.), Henry James: Letters (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984), 4, p. 578, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=7637, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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