| Evidence: | 'Only recently I discovered its origin in Longfellow's "New England Tragedies", read and re-read during my childhood when Longfellow and Matthew Arnold were the only poets in the parental library.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 29 Dec 1893 and 31 Dec 1913 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
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| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Vera Brittain |
| Age | Child (0-17) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 29 Dec 1893 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | writer |
| Religion: | unknown |
| 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: | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Title: | New England Tragedies |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | n/a |
| Record ID: | 27792 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Vera Brittain | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Testament of Experience | |
| Place of Publication: | Great Britain | |
| Date of Publication: | 1980 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 114 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 114, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27792, accessed: 30 May 2023 | |
| Vera Brittain had a "reminiscent feeling which puzzled me" about a visit in the 1930s to New England in autumn, although she had never been there before at that time of year, and later realised that it stemmed from reading these poems in her childhood. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)