Evidence: | 'the two poets [Owen and Sassoon] probably talked more about literature than anything else. Owen found that they had been "following parallel trenches all our lives" and "had more friends in common, authors I mean, than most people can boast of in a lifetime". By chance, Sassoon was reading a small volume of Keats which Lady Ottoline [Morrel] had sent him. He shared Owen's interest in the late-Victorian poets, including Housman, whose influence is often apparent in his war poems, but Owen was surprised to discover that he admired Hardy "more than anybody living". No doubt Sassoon persuaded him to start reading Hardy's poems. In return, Owen showed him Tailhade's book' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 23 Jul 1917 and 4 Nov 1918 | ||||||||||
Country: | England or Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | other location: possibly Craiglockhart hospital | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Wilfred Owen |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 18 Mar 1893 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | tutor, later soldier and poet |
Religion: | none |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England or Scotland |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Thomas Hardy |
Title: | n/a |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 21904 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Dominic Hibberd | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Owen the Poet | |
Place of Publication: | Basingstoke | |
Date of Publication: | 1986 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 105 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 105, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=21904, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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