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the experience of reading in Britain, from 1450 to 1945...

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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1900-1945‘The Katharine Tynan verses are perfectly charming in that War Poetry cutting. Sweet, original and truly felt.’Ivor Bertie Gurney Katharine Tynan[poems]Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Your book—my book [Davies, "Child Lovers"] has just arrived, and it is finished. Only to increasing certainty that Davies was once an exquisite poet—of which time he...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Henry DaviesChild LoversPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your book—my book [Davies, "Child Lovers"] has just arrived, and it is finished. Only to increasing certainty that Davies was once an exquisite poet—of which time he...Ivor Bertie Gurney Times Literary SupplementPrint: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Lying in my dugout or funkhole the other day, I became too bored to read serious stuff, or write letters; so turning my attention to the few filthy magazines strewn ...Ivor Bertie Gurney unknown unknownunknownPrint: Serial / periodical
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney Lascelles AbercrombieDeborahPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney William Henry DaviesChild LoversPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Well … our gallant regiment … have been in it a damn sight more than ever they expected, by the Lord. We are hardened veterans, fed up to the neck, muddy to the eyes...Ivor Bertie Gurney Robert Bridges[Sonnet on Lord Kitchener]Print: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Evening StandardPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Daily TelegraphPrint: Newspaper
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney Francis Turner PalgraveGolden Treasury of English Songs and LyricsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney William ShakespeareMacbethPrint: Book
1900-1945‘ [ … ] it was nice … to get the "Evening Standard" packed up with the rest [of the parcel]. I do adore newspapers in certain moods. For frivolling time away they are...Ivor Bertie Gurney John MiltonOde: On TimePrint: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Walt Whitman(Poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Percy Bysshe Shelley(Poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Your parcels have arrived … You have my deepest assurances that the pleasure caused by your kindness has been considerable…. The reason I dared to ask for all these ...Ivor Bertie Gurney Ian Hay'Pip': A Romance of YouthPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney Marcus AureliusMeditationsPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Shelley is a wash out here, as a general thing. I will try Keats next. But W. W. and R. B. really are the two. Please don’t send me any more for a bit. And then s’il...Ivor Bertie Gurney Percy Bysshe Shelley(poems)Print: Book
1900-1945‘Mrs Voynich has sent me M Aurelius and Epictetus. The last is a game old boy, and I should dearly love to watch him in a strafe, but M Aurelius is a pious swanker in...Ivor Bertie Gurney EpictetusDiscourses and/or EnchiridionPrint: Book
1900-1945‘Today is changeable, rather cold and windy … I hardly think of music at all, but stick to books. My friend Harvey, who is now a lootenant [sic] in this battalion has...Ivor Bertie Gurney Robert BridgesThe Spirit of ManPrint: Book
1900-1945‘[ … ]they have made me billet warden, which sounds grand, and is grand; as it leaves me time and enough to spare for reading. No new books can come to me now, as my ...Ivor Bertie Gurney AeschylusProméthée (or Prométheus) enchaînéPrint: Book


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