Evidence: | 'Yesterday my Elizabeth and I went to the most remarkable poets' Reading I have ever attended. It was held at Lord Byron's beautiful house in Piccadilly... I was moved by Mr de la Mare reading five poems of great beauty. Elizabeth was thrilled at seeing for the first time W.H. Davies, a strange tiny poet. He read "Love's Silent Hour" and three others. Hilary [Hilaire Belloc] read "The Poor of London" and "the Dons". He got a big reception'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 1916 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | specific address: Lord Byron's House in Piccadilly | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | William Henry Davies |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1871 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | n/a |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
Hilaire Belloc, his sister, Marie Belloc Lowndes, 'her' Elizabeth, and a group of other listeners, as well as poets Walter de la Mare and GK Chesterton who were also reading |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | William Henry Davies |
Title: | 'Love's Silent Hour' and three other poems |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 160 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Joseph Pearce | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1996 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 231 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Joseph Pearce, Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton (London, 1996), p. 231, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=160, accessed: 23 April 2024 |
Pearce gives as his source an earlier biography of Chesterton, by Ward. The quotation is from a letter written by Marie Belloc Lowndes |
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