| Evidence: | 'Still sore and indignant, I happened one day to read some verses by Sir Owen Seaman which I found in a copy of "Punch" dated April 3rd, 1918 - the very week in which our old strongholds had fallen and the camp at Etaples had been a struggling pandemonium of ambulances, stretchers and refugee nurses:' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 11 Apr 1918 and 12 May 1918 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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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: | Owen Seaman |
| Title: | The Soul of a Nation |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical, magazine |
| Publication details: | "Punch" published April 3rd, 1918. It is not clear whether the poem had previously been published. |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 21865 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Youth | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1978 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 430-431 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth (Great Britain, 1978), p. 430-431, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21865, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Vera Brittain goes on to quote the poem in its entirety. |
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