Record Number: 29764
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The old reason [for not replying to letters] remains, also the old remedy. A good shillingsworth of fine fiction now. [...] A copy of the July “BLUE” enfolding some rather tasteless morsels, a fine article by H. S. Goodwin on Geoffrey Woodhouse, the unspeakably hopeless "Hertford Letter" and several mixed comments on my poems and me — that also fell from the lucky bag. The "Southern Weekly", the "Daily Mirror" and other papers show up the latest buffoonery of A.W.U. [?] quite plainly.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between Sep 1916 and 6 Oct 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Thiepval
county: Somme
specific address: HQ of 11th Royal Sussex Regiment
(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:1 Nov 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Officer and Poet
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Blue
Genre:Ephemera, School magazine
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication Details1916 Christ's Hospital School, Sussex
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29764
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403
Additional Information:
Letter from Edmund Blunden to his sister Charlotte Blunden, dated 6-7 October 1916, Thiepval (Somme)
Citation:
Digitised handwritten letter from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate] http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9403 , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29764, accessed: 29 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range approximate, but assumes reader received his mail on returning from the trenches on the Somme. It is unclear from the letter how many of the items listed as read were articles in the "Blue" or newspaper clippings enfolded within it.
