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Record 12152

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Arthur became interested in "humanity" when he discovered George Borrow's semi-autobiographical novel "Lavengro" (1851), which contains the author's adventures among gypsies; as a result Arthur began studying Romany. For the remainder of his life he was absorbed by both the gypsies and their language, perhaps because of their rootlessness and wanderings'.
Century: 1850-1899
Date: Between 1 Jan 1880 and 1 Jan 1885
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:Arthur Symons
Age Child (0-17)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 28 Feb 1865
Socio-economic group: Clergy (includes all denominations)
Occupation: Wesleyan preacher's son, later poet
Religion: Wesleyan, later none
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George Borrow
Title: Lavengro
Genre: Fiction, Autobiog / Diary
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 12152  
Source - Print  
  Author: Karl Beckson
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Arthur Symons: A Life
  Place of Publication: Oxford
  Date of Publication: 1987
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 13
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Karl Beckson, Arthur Symons: A Life (Oxford, 1987), p. 13, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12152, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

 

 

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