Evidence: | [the curriculum at the Dragon School] included much memorizing of poetry, particularly Tennyson's 'Ulysses' and 'Morte d'Arthur'. John learned a lot of poetry by heart and won a prize for recitation'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 May 1917 and 30 Jul 1920 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Oxford specific address: Dragon School |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | John Betjeman |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 28 Aug 1906 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | later poet |
Religion: | Anglican |
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: | Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Title: | 'Morte d'Arthur' |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ read at school |
Record ID: | 22474 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Bevis Hillier | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | John Betjeman. The Biography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 2006 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 23 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Bevis Hillier, John Betjeman. The Biography (London, 2006), p. 23, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=22474, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
Abridged version of Hillier's biography. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)