Evidence: | 'Friday, 5th March,
I worked late tonight which allowed me to get in a nice little talk with Pat on the value of the classic books of criticism, as apart from their literary value. It was my opinion that in nearly all cases, as the minds of readers has evolved with the changing times so the light in which the classic must be viewed has altered and therefore old criticism must, in nearly every case be superseded. At least, as regards the ?human? as distinct from the literary element in the book. I feel that we cannot ever completely reconstruct the life of a past age or enter into the minds of people who lived in other times. Pat remarked that he was constantly struck by the little progress made in thought and the things of the mind.
Read ? ?The Autocrat of the breakfast table? (O. W. Holmes).' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 5 Mar 1926 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Liverpool | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Gerald Moore |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 16 Jun 1903 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company |
Religion: | 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 |
Author: | Oliver Wendell Holmes |
Title: | The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 12329 | |
Source - | Manuscript | |
Author: | Gerald Moore | |
Title: | MS Diary 1926 | |
Location: | Private Collection | |
Call no: | MS Diary 1926 | |
Page/folio: | n/a |
Citation: | Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1926 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1926, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=12329, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith. |
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