Record Number: 21397
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Those famous sonnets, brought into prominence by the poet's death on the eve of the Dardanelles campaign, were then only just beginning to take the world's breath away, and I asked our tutor if she would read us one or two.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1915 and 31 Dec 1915
Country:England
Timeevening: 'One chilly May evening'
Place:city: Oxford
county: Oxfordshire
specific address: Micklem Hall, Brewer Street
location in dwelling: Vera Brittain's tutor's room
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Listener: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:29 Dec 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Vera Brittain and her college friend Marjorie were listening to their tutor.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:1914
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspublished 1915
Provenanceread in situ
owned by Vera Brittain's tutor
Source Information:
Record ID:21397
Source:Vera Brittain
Editor:n/a
Title:Testament of Youth
Place of Publication:Great Britian
Date of Publication:1978
Vol:n/a
Page:155
Additional Comments:
Vera Brittain refers to the newly published first edition of Rupert Brooke's collection of sonnets, '1914'.
Citation:
Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britian, 1978), p. 155, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21397, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
Vera says in the next paragraph that "I found the experience so moving that I should not have sought it had I realised how hard composure would be to maintain."
