Record Number: 32927
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Your book—my book [Davies, "Child Lovers"] has just arrived, and it is finished. Only to increasing certainty that Davies was once an exquisite poet—of which time he has now but occasional memories, and that he knows himself to be failing in power and is bitter at the knowledge. I happen to know it is true, from private information, but anyone who knows his earlier work must feel sad … Thank you very much for such a charming present … Thank you also for sending me the "Times Literary Supplement", but I have one sent already. However both are passed on, and read with enthusiasm by one and another … I might be a good soldier if I could forget music and books. Indeed I try to full my still-sick mind with thoughts of these. Which makes a strange combination, as you may imagine.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jun 1916 and 21 Jun 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Laventie
county: Pas-de-Calais
other location: billets
(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
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:Times Literary Supplement
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication Details1916, probably either 8 or 15 June issues
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32927
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:102
Additional Comments:
Letter to Marion Scott, 21 June 1916, from billets at Laventie.
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 102, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32927, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
The 8 June issue of the TLS includes a review of W. H. Davies "The Child Lovers" (see also ID 32926).