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Record 29306

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'Robert Graves lent me his manuscript poems to read: some very bad, violent and repulsive. A few full of promise and real beauty. He oughtn't to publish yet.'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 2 Dec 1915
Country: n/a
Time: n/a
Place: n/a
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Siegfried Sassoon
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 8 Sep 1886
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Writer
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: n/a
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: Robert Graves
Title: n/a
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: borrowed (other)

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 29306  
Source - Print  
  Author: Siegfried Sassoon
  Editor: Rupert Hart-Davis
  Title: Siegfried Sassoon Diaries 1915-1918
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1983
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 21
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Siegfried Sassoon, Rupert Hart-Davis (ed.), Siegfried Sassoon Diaries 1915-1918 (London, 1983), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=29306, accessed: 19 April 2024

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