Evidence: | 'Yet when the War broke out, I did not clearly understand what was meant by homosexuality, incest or sodomy, and was puzzled by the shadow that clung to the name of Oscar Wilde, whose plays I discovered in 1913 and read with a rapturous delight in their epigrams.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1913 and 31 Dec 1913 | ||||||||||
Country: | unknown | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Vera Brittain |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | writer |
Religion: | unknown |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | unknown |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Oscar Wilde |
Title: | plays |
Genre: | Drama |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21384 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Youth | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 48 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 48, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21384, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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