Record Number: 32961
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Thanks very much for the papers. I liked the article on the Somme Cinemas; of course Chesterton on Zangwill was nearer home; but C seems sly and certainly anti Jewish. We are having rotten wet weather in the trenches, mucky and souzing and cold. I don’t think I’ve been dry yet, these last 3 days.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Aug 1916 and 31 Aug 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:county: Somme
other location: trenches
(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:25 Nov 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, 11th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancasters Regiment
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[newspaper]
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Politics, Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32961
Source:Isaac Rosenberg
Editor:Ian Parsons
Title:The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:244
Additional Comments:
Letter to Sydney Schiff late August 1916 from the trenches
Citation:
Isaac Rosenberg, Ian Parsons (ed.), The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings, (London, 1984), p. 244, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32961, accessed: 27 September 2024
Additional Comments:
I have not been able to trace these articles.