Record Number: 21921

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Nothing before "Le Feu" had given such an appallingly vivid description of trench warfare or combined it with such passionate political conviction. The English translation, "Under Fire", appeared in June 1917 and Sassoon was reading it by mid-August; he lent it to Owen, who seems to have read it at Craiglockhart and again in December'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 15 Aug 1917 and 31 Dec 1917

Country:

England and Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: Scarborough and Craiglockhart

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:

Wilfred Owen

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:

England and Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Henri Barbusse

Title:

Under Fire

Genre:

Fiction

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

translation of the french "Le Feu"

Provenance

borrowed (other)
borrowed from Sassoon

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21921

Source:

Print

Author:

Dominic Hibberd

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Owen the Poet

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

n/a

Page:

128

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet, (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 128, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21921, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None