| Evidence: | Our first lessons were from Ford Madox Ford's 'English Review' which was publishing some of the best young writers of the time. We discussed Bridges and Masefield... For myself the suger-bag blue of the 'English Review' was decisive. One had thought literature was in books written by dead people who had been oppressively over-educated. Here was writing by people who were alive and probably writing at this moment... |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 16 Dec 1910 and 1 Jan 1918 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | daytime: at school | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Dulwich other location: Alleyn's School |
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| Reader: | Victor Sawdon Pritchett |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 16 Dec 1900 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | son of itinerant salesman |
| Religion: | Christain |
| 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: | Ford Madox Ford |
| Title: | English Review |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book, Serial / periodical |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 2632 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | V.S. Pritchett | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1968 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 105 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | V.S. Pritchett, A Cab at the Door. An autobiography: early years (London, 1968), p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=2632, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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