| Evidence: | Passages transcribed at length into E. M. Forster, Commonplace Book (1938) include Hitler's 18 July 1937 'address at Munich' (denouncing 'degenerate' art, and demanding an ideally pure and timeless national art for Germany), which Forster notes that he originally read as research for his article 'The Ivory Tower'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 18 Jul 1937 and 31 Dec 1938 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edward Morgan Forster |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 1 Jan 1879 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Adolf Hitler |
| Title: | address on national art |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Politics, Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
| Publication details: | 1937 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21072 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 110 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 110, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21072, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Forster's essay 'The Ivory Tower' published in The London Mercury (Christmas number, 1938) pp.119-30. See p.301 in source for ed.'s notes on published versions of speech. |
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