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Record 5204

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
"According to [James] Johnstoun, his supplement [to Sidney's Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia] grew out of his affection for Sidney's romance. Having read the Arcadia over and over, he became inspired by the two pairs of lovers ..."
Century: 1500-1599, 1600-1699
Date: unknown
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
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:James Johnstoun
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth n/a
Socio-economic group: Unknown/NA
Occupation: n/a
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: n/a
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Sir Philip Sidney
Title: The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
Genre: Fiction
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 5204  
Source - Print  
  Author: Stephen B. Dobranski
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England
  Place of Publication: Cambridge
  Date of Publication: 2005
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 70-71
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Stephen B. Dobranski, Readers and Authorship in Early Modern England (Cambridge, 2005), p. 70-71, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5204, accessed: 19 April 2024

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