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Record Number: 20174


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I've had [underlined] one [end underlining] violent set-too with Douglas on the subject of Gertrude Stein. He said her work was "purest bosh" & thought it "a shame" that undergraduates should be inveighed into listening & being influenced by her art propaganda.' [SB defended Stein's work]

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 27 Dec 1926

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:

Douglas Cole

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

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:

Getrude Stein

Title:

[art criticism]

Genre:

Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

20174

Source:

Print

Author:

Ford Madox Ford

Editor:

Sondra J. Stang

Title:

Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The

Place of Publication:

Bloomington

Date of Publication:

1993

Vol:

n/a

Page:

279

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ford Madox Ford, Sondra J. Stang (ed.), Correspondence of Ford Madox Ford and Stella Bowen, The (Bloomington, 1993), p. 279, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20174, accessed: 02 May 2024


Additional Comments:

Additional author, Stella Bowen; additional editor, Karen Cochran.

   
   
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