Record Number: 20088

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In much that way, I felt later, when my mother first read Beowulf to me, Grendel must have come up from his marsh mists, pawing and snuffling round the doors of Heriot, hating the firelight and the harpsong that he longed to share; and the smell of Man.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1926 and 1 Jan 1928

Country:

England

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 reactive unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Rosemary Sutcliff

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Dec 1920

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Military (navy)

Occupation:

Artist/Writer (eventually)

Religion:

unknown

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

Her mother was reading to her

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

Beowulf

Genre:

Fiction, Poetry, Mythology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20088

Source:

Print

Author:

Rosemary Sutcliff

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1993 [1983]

Vol:

n/a

Page:

32

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Rosemary Sutcliff, Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection (London, 1993 [1983]), p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20088, accessed: 02 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None