Record Number: 18202

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

Thursday 7 September 1922: 'L[eonard]. put into my hands a very intelligent review of Ulysses, in the American Nation, which, for the first time, analyses the meaning, & certainly makes it much more impressive than I judged.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 6 Sep 1922 and 7 Sep 1922

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Virginia Woolf

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

25 Jan 1882

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

agnostic

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Gilbert Seldes

Title:

Review of James Joyce, Ulysses

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

In The Nation (New York), 30 August 1922

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

18202

Source:

Print

Author:

Virginia Woolf

Editor:

Anne Olivier Bell

Title:

The Diary of Virginia Woolf

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

2

Page:

200

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Virginia Woolf, Anne Olivier Bell (ed.), The Diary of Virginia Woolf (London, 1978), 2, p. 200, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=18202, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

In previous diary entry (6 September 1922), Woolf records completing her first reading of Ulysses.