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Record Number: 4595


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'And Bennett had now become a man of influence, largely through his "New Age" pieces. These articles, which he had begun in 1908, were widely read and admired . . . Ford Madox Ford, writing in 1918, described the readers of the "New Age" as "very numerous and from widely different classes . . . army officers . . . colonial governors . . . higher Civil Service officials, solicitors and members of the Bar. On the other hand, I have known it read regularly by board-school teachers, shop assistants, servants, artisans, and members of the poor generally. . . "'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1908 and 1918

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 in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ford Madox Ford

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Title:

New Age

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

1907 - 1918

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

4595

Source:

Print

Author:

Margaret Drabble

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Arnold Bennett

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1974

Vol:

n/a

Page:

165

Additional Comments:

author's note: Ford Madox Ford, 'Women and Men', The Little Review (May 1918)

Citation:

Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=4595, accessed: 23 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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