Record Number: 20628

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Now I'm reading Festivals of Fire, which I had sent for before I got your letter; it was most charming of you to offer to send it it to me, and I think it remarkable, and it is obvious that you are a real poet. As I said before, the rhythmical quality of "The Loosening" its fluidity and perfect control, was most remarkable, and I never doubted that you have a most remarkable mind; all I wanted was more sifting of the material. When I know Festivals of Fire properly, I shall write to you again...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

16 Mar 1935

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Paris
specific address: 129 Rue Saint-Dominique VIIe

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Edith Sitwell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Sep 1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Poet

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Ronald Bottrall

Title:

Festival of Fire

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

1935

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20628

Source:

Print

Author:

Edith Sitwell

Editor:

Richard Greene

Title:

Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1998

Vol:

n/a

Page:

145

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene (ed.), Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell, (London, 1998), p. 145, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20628, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

This is an extract from a lengthy letter to Ronald Bottrell in which Edith endeavours to explain and apologise for possible misconstruction of her review of his' Aspects of Modern Poetry'. She goes on to say that she will be asking the Editor of the London Mercury if he will allow her to review Bottrell's next book so that she can ' publicly clear up the muddled statement [she] made about [his] poetry.'