| Evidence: | 'He was certainly a keen student of literature, as can be seen from some 1907-8 exercise books which show him working on the "Faerie Queene", at least ten Shakespeare plays and many other texts that were to be of use to him later'. |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1907 and 31 Dec 1908 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Shrewsbury | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Wilfred Owen |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Mar 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
| Occupation: | son of railway clerk, later soldier and poet |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | William Shakespeare |
| Title: | [plays] |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | read in situ read at school |
| Record ID: | 21831 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Dominic Hibberd | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Owen the Poet | |
| Place of Publication: | Basingstoke | |
| Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 1 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 1, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21831, accessed: 30 March 2023 | |
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