Record Number: 22474

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

[the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart and won a prize for recitation'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 May 1917 and 30 Jul 1920

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Oxford
specific address: Dragon School

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:

John Betjeman

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Aug 1906

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later poet

Religion:

Anglican

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Title:

'Morte d'Arthur'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
read at school

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Source Information:

Record ID:

22474

Source:

Print

Author:

Bevis Hillier

Editor:

n/a

Title:

John Betjeman. The Biography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

23

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Bevis Hillier, John Betjeman. The Biography, (London, 2006), p. 23, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=22474, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

Abridged version of Hillier's biography.