Record Number: 5760
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Masefield habitually purchased a book each Friday evening and read it over the weekend. Among the first purchases was a seventy-five cent copy of Chaucer; and that evening, as he recalled, "I stretched myself on my bed, and began to read 'The Parliament of Fowls'; and with the first lines entered into a world of poetry until then unknown to me". As a result, Masefield's study of poetry deepened, and Chaucer, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats became his mentors. Shelley converted the impressionable youth to vegetarianism....Unfortunately [he] overdid vegetarianism by abjuring milk; and, weak from lack of protein, he finally gave up the regimen'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1895 and 31 Dec 1897
Country:United States of America
Timen/a
Place:city: New York
Type of Experience(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:1 Jun 1878
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later a poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:United States of America
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Parliament of Fowls
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:5760
Source:Sanford Sternlicht
Editor:n/a
Title:John Masefield
Place of Publication:Boston
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:25
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Sanford Sternlicht, John Masefield, (Boston, 1977), p. 25, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5760, accessed: 22 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None
