Record Number: 4822
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
"Enid Starkie claimed that reading Francis Thompson's 'The Hound of Heaven' when she was ten made her feel as though she had been taken hold of and mastered, and determined that she should be a nun when she grew up."
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Type of Experience(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Female
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Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
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Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Hound of Heaven
Genre:Other religious, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Unknown
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Source Information:
Record ID:4822
Source:Kate Flint
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Title:The Woman Reader: 1837-1914
Place of Publication:Oxford
Date of Publication:1993
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Page:220-21
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Citation:
Kate Flint, The Woman Reader: 1837-1914, (Oxford, 1993), p. 220-21, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=4822, accessed: 17 August 2024
Additional Comments:
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