Record Number: 3355

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In 1955 Manny Shinwell - who read all of Palgrave's Golden Treasury to his children, and had consoled himself in prison with Keats and Tennyson - regretted that that poetic heritage had been surrendered to the cinema and radio: "In the early days of the [socialist] movement it was common practice of speakers to recite poetry...".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: in prison

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell, later Baron Shinwell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Oct 1884

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

factory worker, unionist - later politician

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

n/a

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3355

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

195

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 195, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3355, accessed: 22 December 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Manny Shinwell, 'Conflict Without Malice' (1955), p.44-6