Record Number: 24044
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'And so she plunged into early Spanish literature and history, working at it in the Bodeleian with the fervour that comes from knowing that your subject is your very own, or at least that it has only been traversd before by dear, musty German scholars. There was hard practice here in the reading of German and Latin, let alone the Spanish poems and chronicles themselves, but after a couple of years of it there was little she did not know about the "Poema de Cid", or the Visigothic invasion, or the reign of [italics] Aldfonso el Sabio [end italics]'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 11 Jun 1867 and 11 Jun 1871
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
specific address: Bodleian Library
(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:Unknown
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:11 Jun 1851
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later writer
Religion:Anglican
Country of Origin:born in Australia of English parents
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
later Mrs Ward
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[Latin and German writings about early Spanish literature]
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsin Latin and german
Provenanceread in situ
Source Information:
Record ID:24044
Source:Janet Penrose Trevelyan
Editor:n/a
Title:The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1923
Vol:n/a
Page:21
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Janet Penrose Trevelyan, The Life of Mrs Humphry Ward (London, 1923), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=24044, accessed: 20 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
