| Evidence: | Passages in E. M. Forster's Commonplace Book (1944) include description of domestic life from Charles Waterton, Wanderings in South America, accompanied by comment 'His stupid obscene cruelty to the reptiles out there displeases me.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1944 and 31 Dec 1944 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Charles Waterton |
| Title: | Wanderings in South America |
| Genre: | Autobiog / Diary, Geography / Travel, Natural history |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | 1820 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21219 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | E. M. Forster | |
| Editor: | Philip Gardner | |
| Title: | Commonplace Book | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1985 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 164-165 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | E. M. Forster, Philip Gardner (ed.), Commonplace Book (London, 1985), p. 164-165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21219, accessed: 05 June 2023 | |
| Source ed. notes that Forster owned 1836 edition of text; see p.332 for source ed's identifications of instances of 'stupid obscene cruelty' to South American wildlife in text. |
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