Record Number: 29816
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I never visited this dungeon without repeating from Young’s “Night Thoughts”, often in my pocket, the just words, ”Dreadful post of observation! Darker every hour.”'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1917 and Mar 1917
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Ypres
county: Nord
specific address: Rudkin House dugout near Hill 60
(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:The Complaint: or, Night Thoughts, on Life, Death, and Immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job. With the life of the author [signed G.W.].
Genre:Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsunknown, possibly a newer edition since the reader's 1815 edition was lost at Cuinchy in 1916
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29816
Source: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:176
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 176, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29816, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
This entry is submitted as evidence suggesting Blunden's serial reading of Young's work. See also RED entry ID 29806
