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Record 28439

Reading Experience:

Evidence:
'These included excerpts from the "News Chronicle" and "Manchester Guardian", which reported that a so-called "article" of mine on saturation bombing, supported by a signed statement from twenty-eight Protestant "leaders of opinion", had created a "furore" in the United States, and had even inspired three and a half columns of adverse criticism in the "New York Times".'
Century: 1900-1945
Date: From: 10 Mar 1944
Country: England
Time: n/a
Place: city: Allum Green, New Forest
county: Hampshire
   
Type of Experience (Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Type of Experience (Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Reader/Listener/Reading Group:

Reader:Vera Brittain
Age Adult (18-100+)
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

 

Text Being Read:

Author:
Title: Manchester Guardian
Genre: History, Reference / General works, newspaper reports on the reception of "Massacre by Bombing"
Form of Text: Print: Newspaper
Publication details: published before March 10th 1944
Provenance: unknown

 

Source Information:

Record ID: 28439  
Source - Print  
  Author: Vera Brittain
  Editor: n/a
  Title: Testament of Experience
  Place of Publication: Great Britain
  Date of Publication: 1980
  Vol: n/a
  Page: 331
  Additional comments: n/a

Citation: Vera Brittain, Testament of Experience (Great Britain, 1980), p. 331, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=28439, accessed: 28 March 2024

Additional comments:

Vera Brittain states that she received a bunch of press clippings, including these extracts, on March 10th, 1944.

 

 

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