Record Number: 29779
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Called in at the Club in the evening and picked up a book containing various oratorios with the names of the singers famous in different parts written in by some Victorian enthusiast. And felt how incongruous it was: and how he was partly to blame for the waste of time which I am now [illegible ?heir] to.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:10 Jul 1916
Country:Belgium
Timeevening
Place:city: V Camp, Poperinge, near Ypres
county: West Flanders
specific address: Officers Club
(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:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:musical score
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:29779
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitised pocket diary from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Harry Ransom Center/The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9417/9313
Additional Information:
This pocket diary belonging to Edmund Blunden relates the experiences of the northern section of the battle of Passchendaele, near the Yser Canal. The attack began on 31 July 1917, and this diary, while incomplete, has sections describing the period between 8 July and 5 August 1917.
Citation:
Digitised pocket diary from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Harry Ransom Center/The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9417/9313 , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29779, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
None
