Evidence: | 'Perhaps, I thought, Wordsworth or Browning or Shelley would have some consolation to offer; all through the War poetry was the only form of literature that I could read for comfort, and the only kind that I ever attempted to write.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 29 Dec 1893 and 29 Mar 1970 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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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: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Wordsworth |
Title: | poetry |
Genre: | Poetry, Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21390 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Vera Brittain | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Testament of Youth | |
Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 133 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21390, accessed: 18 April 2024 |
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