Record Number: 10100

Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'9.15-12.0. Dressed. Wrote a poem. Annoyed by patriotic and religious activities at Church opposite. Read a magazine, "Light and Dark", to which I had contributed. Began to rewrite a criticism of Edgar Poe.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

12 May 1937

Country:

England

Time

morning

Place:

city: Oxford
location in dwelling: At home

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:

anon

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Unknown

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer?

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

Text Being Read:

Author:

[n/a]

Title:

Light and Dark

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

Source Information:

Record ID:

10100

Source - Manuscript:

Other

Information:

Humphrey Jennings and Charles Madge, 'May the Twelfth: Mass-Observation Day Surveys' (London, 1937), p. 313, in Mass Observation Online (access to this site is restricted to purchasing institutions, please see http://www.amdigital.co.uk/collections/Mass-Observation-Online for details). http://www.massobservation.amdigital.co.uk

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Record Number: 10100

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