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Record Number: 3780


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'It made me think of a poem that our german professor used to read us in class. Ja, das war zum letzenmal/ Das, wir beide, arm in arme/ unter einem Schirm gebogen. --/ Alles war zum letzenmal'

Century:

1850-1899, 1900-1945

Date:

Until: 17 May 1915

Country:

n/a

Time

n/a

Place:

other location: in German class

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Listener:

Katherine Mansfield

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

14 Oct 1888

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Novelist and Critic

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

New Zealand

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

other students


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Edward Morike

Title:

Erinerung - an C.N.

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

read in situ
Classroom - read by teacher


Source Information:

Record ID:

3780

Source:

Print

Author:

Katherine Mansfield

Editor:

Vincent O'Sullivan

Title:

Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

35

Additional Comments:

Letter from Katherine Mansfield to SS Koteliansky, 17 May 1915

Citation:

Katherine Mansfield, Vincent O'Sullivan (ed.), Katherine Mansfield: Selected Letters (Oxford, 1990), p. 35, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3780, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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