| Evidence: | 'In much that way, I felt later, when my mother first read Beowulf to me, Grendel must have come up from his marsh mists, pawing and snuffling round the doors of Heriot, hating the firelight and the harpsong that he longed to share; and the smell of Man.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1926 and 1 Jan 1928 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Listener: | Rosemary Sutcliff |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 14 Dec 1920 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer Military (navy) |
| Occupation: | Artist/Writer (eventually) |
| Religion: | unknown |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | Her mother was reading to her |
| Author: | |
| Title: | Beowulf |
| Genre: | Fiction, Poetry, Mythology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20088 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Rosemary Sutcliff | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 [1983] | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 32 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Rosemary Sutcliff, Blue Remembered Hills: A Recollection (London, 1993 [1983]), p. 32, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20088, accessed: 02 May 2024 | |
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