Record Number: 32390
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
(1) 'I have been reading again the second volume of Malory, especially the part of the "Sangreal" which I had forgotten. With all its faults, in small doses this book is tip-top: those mystic parts are very good to read late at night when you are drowsy and tired and get into a sort of "exalted" mood. Do you know what I mean?' (2) 'It was unfortunate that I should choose a word like "exaltation" which is so often used in connection with religion and so give you a wrong impression of my meaning. I will try to explain again: have you ever sat over the fire late, late at night.... Everything seems like a dream, you are absolutely contented, and "out of the world".... It is in this sort of mood that the quaint, old mystical parts of Malory are exactly suitable...' (3) '...the "Morte" which I have now read from the beginning of the Quest of the Grael to the end, thus finishing the whole thing. I certainly enjoyed it much better than before, and wished that I had the first volume here as well.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Sep 1916 and 25 Oct 1916
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:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Le Morte d'Arthur
Genre:Fiction, Chivalric romance, Arthurian legends
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Dent, 1906 (Everyman's Library)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32390
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:227, 230, 239
Additional Comments:
(1) From a letter to Arthur Greeves, [4 October 1916] (2) From a letter to the same, (The 12th. Oct., I think) [1916] (3) From a letter to the same, 25 October 1916
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 227, 230, 239, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32390, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
None