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Record Number: 3457


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[C. F.] Andrews was a missionary with the Cambridge Brotherhood and present at [William] Rothenstein's Hampstead home on 30 June 1912, when, before a select audience, including H. W. Nevinson, [Rabindranath] Tagore was introduced and Yeats gave readings from the "Gitanjali".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Jun 1912

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London, Hampstead

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:

William Butler Yeats

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1865

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Ireland

Country of Experience:

England

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

Rabindranath Tagore C. F. Andrews H. W. Nevinson


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Rabindranath Tagore

Title:

Poems from Gitanjali: Song Offerings

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

3457

Source:

Print

Author:

Philip Waller

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Date of Publication:

2006

Vol:

n/a

Page:

487 n.207

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Philip Waller, Writers, Readers, and Reputations: Literary Life in Britain 1870-1918 (Oxford, 2006), p. 487 n.207, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=3457, accessed: 25 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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