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Record Number: 1451


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Chaim Lewis] enthusiastically embraced the literature of an alien culture - "the daffodils of Herrick and Wordsworth... the whimsey of Lamb and the stirring rhythmic tales of the Ballads" and, yes, "the wry eloquence of Shylock".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London
specific address: Soho

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


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Chaim Lewis

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1911

Socio-Economic Group:

Unknown/NA

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

Jewish

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

William Wordsworth

Title:

'Daffodils'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown
read at school


Source Information:

Record ID:

1451

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:

56

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 56, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=1451, accessed: 19 March 2024


Additional Comments:

See Chaim Lewis, 'A Soho Address', (London, 1965)

   
   
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