Record Number: 32340
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been devoting this week to the reading of Othello, which I like as well as any Shakespeare play I have read. The part of Iago, to my mind, is something of a blemish, and the fact that his pitiless malignity has absolutely no motive leaves him rather a monster (in the Classical, not the newspaper sense of the word), than a human character. but then of course Shakespeare at his best works on titanic lines, and the vices and virtues of Lear ... etc., are magnified to a pitch more splendid and terrible than anything in real life.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 10 Jun 1915 and 19 Jul 1915
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:Othello
Genre:Drama, Tragedy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32340
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:132
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 132, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32340, accessed: 21 December 2024
Additional Comments:
In a letter to his father, of about 19 July 1915, Lewis writes that he has "been reading nothing since Othello but a translation from the Icelandic", so this reading experience was definitely completed by that date. (Letters, v.1, p.137)
