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Record 3157

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
From Hope went to the library and staid about an hour reading... In monthly Magazine of July 1820 remarkable praise of the life + writings of the celestial German philosopher + professor, Kant, born , I think in 1723, died 1804. Turned to the article again. I must know more about this extraordinary man + his works by & by.
Century: 1800-1849
Date: Between 01 Feb 1821 and 28 Feb 1821
Country: England
Time: daytime: After 12 pm
Place: city: Halifax
specific address: Halifax Library
other location: library
   
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:Anne Lister
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Female
Date of Birth 3 Apr 1791
Socio-economic group: Gentry
Occupation: Heir to land and industrial property at Shibden Hall, near Halifax, Yorks. [inherits 1824]
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Monthly Magazine
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Biography, Philosophy
Form of Text: Print: Book
Publication details: Article on Kant
Provenance: read in situ

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 3157  
Source - Print  
  Author: Anne Lister
  Editor: Helena Whitbread
  Title: I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1988
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 147
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Anne Lister, Helena Whitbread (ed.), I know my own heart: The Diaries of Anne Lister 1791-1840 (London, 1988), p. 147, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3157, accessed: 29 March 2024

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