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Record 30208

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I have just come across these lines by A. E., which I like, because the stars are your only companions on sentry duty in the trenches; and they seem filled with majesty and peace, as does the sunrise too [quotes stanza five of A. E.'s poem "Shadows and Lights"].'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: 8 Feb 1915
Country: Belgium
Time: n/a
Place: city: Ploegsteert
   
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:Douglas Herbert Bell
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 11 May 1890
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee
Religion: n/a
Country of origin: England
Country of experience: Belgium
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: George William Russell
Title: "Shadows and Lights"
Genre: Poetry
Form of Text: Print: Unknown
Publication details: n/a
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 30208  
Source - Print  
  Author: Douglas Herbert Bell
  Editor: Henry Williamson
  Title: A Soldier's Diary of the Great War
  Place of Publication: London
  Date of Publication: 1929
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 95
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War (London, 1929), p. 95, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30208, accessed: 28 March 2024

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