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Record Number: 8403


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In 1910, when Alfred Noyes's "Collected Poems" came out [...] [Charlotte Mew] read his "The Old Sceptic" and reflected that as far as sentiment went, she might have written the poem herself.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1910 and 31 Dec 1910

Country:

n/a

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:

Charlotte Mew

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

1869

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Writer

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

n/a

Country of Experience:

n/a

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

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Noyes

Title:

"The Old Sceptic"

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

In Noyes's Collected Poems (1910)

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

8403

Source:

Print

Author:

Penelope Fitzgerald

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Charlotte Mew and Her Friends

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1984

Vol:

n/a

Page:

99

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Penelope Fitzgerald, Charlotte Mew and Her Friends (London, 1984), p. 99, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=8403, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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