Evidence: | 'Wilde later said that it was his mother who inspired him to write verse [....] When his poems first appeared in magazines she compiled a scrapbook of them, and frequently offered her enthusiastic criticisms. Of "Magdalen Walks" she wrote: "the last lines have a bold, true thought, bravely uttered... I recognise you at once...there is Oscar!"' |
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Century: | 1850-1899 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1860 and 1 Jan 1880 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Speranza Wilde |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | Ireland |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Oscar Wilde |
Title: | Magdalen Walks |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Unknown |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | read in situ |
Record ID: | 26266 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Thomas Wright | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Oscar's Books | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 2000 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 37 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Thomas Wright, Oscar's Books (London, 2000), p. 37, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=26266, accessed: 26 April 2024 |
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