| Evidence: | Passages transcribed into E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1938-40) include three quotations from the Dunciad (addresses to and by the personification of 'Dulness', beginning in I.12, I.311, II.34, and II.83).
These accompanied by comments opening: 'How undull! and how gay are Pope's ordures besides Swift's,' and continuing: 'Bk II [...] is grand and frolicsome, and belongs to that happy moment when aristocracy catches hold of ordinary experiences and common life, and plunges, retaining its own proper form.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849, 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1938 and 31 Dec 1940 | ||||||||||
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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: | Alexander Pope |
| Title: | The Dunciad (books I and II) |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Source ed. notes that Forster owned a 6-volume editon of Pope's works published in 1764 |
| Provenance: | owned |
| Record ID: | 21097 | |
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| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 116-117 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 116-117, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21097, accessed: 31 May 2023 | |
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