Record Number: 21898
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Owen seems to have started reading Swinburne in earnest in 1916. When he returned to the front in 1918, knowing that he would kill and probably be killed, he took volumes of both Shelley and Swinburne with him, but after he had been in action he sent the Shelley back to Shrewsbury, keeping only Swinburne's "Poems and Ballads", the one book of poetry still in his kit at his death'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1916 and 4 Nov 1918
Country:France and England
Timen/a
Place:other location: among other places, on a French battlefield
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:soldier and poet
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France and England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Poems and Ballads
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:21898
Source:Dominic Hibberd
Editor:n/a
Title:Owen the Poet
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:56
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet, (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 56, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21898, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None