Record Number: 33037
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘Thanks very much indeed for the letter and Lit. Sups, and especially for "Satires of Circumstance". I had not got it or ordered it but had often been thinking of doing so. So it came most welcomely … Needless to say, I do not agree with your criticism’s of [Hardy’s] later work. The actual “Satires of Circumstance” which come in the middle of the book I thought bad poetry. But I think you are too hard on the rest … I have been lately reading a great deal of "The Dynasts", which I bought three weeks ago. His poetry there is at its very best, especially in the choruses and battle-songs … I cannot help thinking that Hardy is the greatest artist of the English character since Shakespeare: and much of "The Dynasts" (except its historical fidelity) might be Shakespeare … His lyrics have not the spontaneity of Shakespeare’s or Shelley’s: they are rough-hewn and jagged: but I like them, and they stick.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 24 Nov 1914 and 30 Nov 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Cheriton
county: Kent
specific address: Shorncliffe Camp
(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:19 May 1895
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:2/Lt, 7th Suffolk Regiment
Religion:Christian by schooling, (no specified beliefs)
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Satires of Circumstance: Lyrics and Reveries; with Miscellaneous Pieces
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33037
Source:Charles Hamilton Sorley
Editor:Jean Moorcroft Wilson
Title:The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1990
Vol:n/a
Page:204-205
Additional Comments:
Letter to parents, 30 November 1914, Shorncliffe
Citation:
Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, (London, 1990), p. 204-205, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33037, accessed: 17 August 2024
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