| Evidence: | 'On my First Communion day, November 21st 1914, I felt nothing at the actual receiving of the sacrament but in reading Francis Thompson's poems that day (my mother had bought them for me not knowing what she was giving me) I found something terrible, sweet and transforming which really did make me draw breath and pant after it...' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 21 Nov 1914 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Antonia White |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 31 Mar 1899 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | Catholic |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | christened Eirene Botting |
| Author: | Francis Thompson |
| Title: | [poems] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | owned gift from her mother |
| Record ID: | 19709 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Antonia White | |
| Editor: | Susan Chitty | |
| Title: | Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1991 | |
| Vol: | I | |
| Page: | 50-1 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957 (London, 1991), I, p. 50-1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19709, accessed: 24 April 2024 | |
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