Record Number: 32321
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I am reading at present, for the second time, the Celtic plays of Yeats. I must try & get them next time I am at home.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1914 and 30 Nov 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:29 Nov 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Student
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Northern Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Drama, Astrology / alchemy / occult, Irish legends
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (private library)
Source Information:
Record ID:32321
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:90
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 4 November 1914
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 90, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32321, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
'W.B. Yeats had published many Celtic plays. Lewis may have been thinking of his "Plays for an Irish Theatre" (1911)' (Footnote by Hooper, p.90)