Evidence: | 'He is likely to have read a good deal of French verse as well as prose during the winter of 1914-15; there are several relevant books in his library, including a few marked anthologies, and a 1914 transcription of Verlaine's sonnet 'Mon reve familier'.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Oct 1914 and 1 Mar 1915 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Merignac | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Wilfred Owen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Mar 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | tutor, later soldier and poet |
Religion: | none |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Paul Verlaine |
Title: | 'Mon Reve Familier' |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21896 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Dominic Hibberd | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Owen the Poet | |
Place of Publication: | Basingstoke | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 41 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 41, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21896, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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