Record Number: 29803

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I am wanted at battalion headquarters. A review of my poems has been printed in the “Times Literary Supplement” (a kind review it was, if ever there was one!), and my Colonel has seen it and is overjoyed at having an actual author in his battalion. How rosy he looks!’

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 30 Jun 1916 and Sep 1916

Country:

France

Time

afternoon: after tea
evening

Place:

city: Givenchy (near Béthune)
county: Nord
specific address: 11th Royal Sussex Regiment Battalion HQ

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:

Edmund Blunden

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Times Literary Supplement

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

Times, 1916

Provenance

read in situ

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Source Information:

Record ID:

29803

Source:

Print

Author:

Edmund Blunden

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Undertones of War

Place of Publication:

Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)

Date of Publication:

1982 (1928, 1937)

Vol:

n/a

Page:

78

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 78, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29803, accessed: 29 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

None