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Record 6987

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'I asked James if he had read Shaw?s Manifesto. He said "I have it here and have made several attempts, but his horrible flippancy revolts me".?
Century: 1900-1945
Date: Between 14 Nov 1914 and 2 Dec 1914
Country: England
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:Henry James
Age Adult (18-100+)
Gender Male
Date of Birth 1843
Socio-economic group: Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation: writer
Religion: Christian
Country of origin: America
Country of experience: England
Listeners present if any:
(e.g. family, servants, friends, workmates)
n/a
Additional comments: n/a

 

Text Being Read:

Author: G. B. Shaw
Title: Common Sense about the War
Genre: Essays / Criticism, Politics
Form of Text: Print: Serial / periodical
Publication details: New Statesman, 14 November 1914
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 6987  
Source - Print  
  Author: Arnold Bennett
  Editor: James Hepburn
  Title: Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker
  Place of Publication: London: Oxford University Press
  Date of Publication: 1966
  Vol: 1
  Page: 217
  Additional comments: in a letter to Arnold Bennett from J.B. Pinker , Dec 14, 1914

Citation: Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol I: Letters to J.B. Pinker (London: Oxford University Press, 1966), 1, p. 217, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=6987, accessed: 18 April 2024

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