Record Number: 13043
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'At the moment I am in the act of discovering ?W.B. Yeats?, the Irish poet, whose prose, to my mind, is just about equal to anything going round. I have been fascinated by The Celtic Twilight, a little volume of essays about fairies & spirits. I wrote down to Frank, full of enthusiasm & advised him to get the thing, He writes back: ?I bought Celtic Twilight when it came out, & have admired it for six years now.? Today I gave Young carte blanche to get me Yeats? complete works. It dawns upon me that he is one of the men of the century, so intensely spiritual, & with a style which is the last word of simplicity & natural refinement.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Feb 1899 and 7 Feb 1899
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:27 May 1867
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:writer/editor/reviewer
Religion:Christian
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Celtic Twilight
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Details1893
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:13043
Source:Arnold Bennett
Editor:James Hepburn
Title:Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915
Place of Publication:London: Oxford University Press
Date of Publication:1968
Vol:II
Page:119
Additional Comments:
Letter from AB toGeorge Sturt, dated 7 Feby99, from 9, Fulham Park Gardens
Citation:
Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915 (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 119, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=13043, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
