Record Number: 3456

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Arthur Benson ... when rereading the Shorter Poems [of Robert Bridges] in 1910, thought them thin, mere tricks of language ...'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1910 and 31 Dec 1910

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

n/a

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:

Arthur Benson

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

24 Apr 1862

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

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:

Robert Bridges

Title:

Shorter Poems

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

3456

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

483

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918, (Oxford, 2006), p. 483, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=3456, accessed: 22 November 2024

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Additional Comments:

None