Record Number: 21919
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'[that civilians could believe soldiers were happy in the trenches] is evident from plenty of civilian verse, including, for example, a poem in John Oxenham's "The Vision Splendid" (1917), a book Owen had read at Craiglockhart'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 30 Jun 1917 and 1 Nov 1917
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:other location: Craiglockhart military hospital
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:18 Mar 1893
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:soldier and poet
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Vision Splendid, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:21919
Source:Dominic Hibberd
Editor:n/a
Title:Owen the Poet
Place of Publication:Basingstoke
Date of Publication:1986
Vol:n/a
Page:121
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 121, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=21919, accessed: 29 March 2024
Additional Comments:
Oxenham was the pseudonym of William Arthur Dunkerley