Record Number: 33044
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I saw Rupert Brooke’s death in the "Morning Post". The "Morning Post", which has always hitherto disapproved of him, is now loud in its praises because he has conformed to their stupid axiom of literary criticism that the only stuff of poetry is violent physical experience, by dying on active service. I think Brooke’s earlier poems—especially notably "The Fish" and "Grantchester", which you can find in Georgian Poetry—are his best. That last sonnet-sequence of his, of which you sent me the review in Times Lit. Sup. … I find … overpraised. He is far too obsessed with his own sacrifice, regarding the going to war of himself (and others) as a highly intense, remarkable and sacrificial exploit, whereas it is merely the conduct demanded of him (and others) by the turn of circumstances.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 24 Apr 1915 and 28 Apr 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Aldershot
county: Hampshire
specific address: Blenheim Barracks
(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:Second Lieutenant, 7th Suffolk Regiment
Religion:Agnostic
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:The Morning Post
Genre:Ephemera
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication Details1915
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33044
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:218-9
Additional Comments:
Letter to Mrs Sorley, [Blenheim Barracks], Aldershot, 28 April 1915
Citation:
Charles Hamilton Sorley, Jean Moorcroft Wilson (ed.), The Collected Letters of Charles Hamilton Sorley, (London, 1990), p. 218-9, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33044, accessed: 26 September 2024
Additional Comments:
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