Evidence: | 'And Bennett had now become a man of influence, largely through his "New Age" pieces. These articles, which he had begun in 1908, were widely read and admired . . . Ford Madox Ford, writing in 1918, described the readers of the "New Age" as "very numerous and from widely different classes . . . army officers . . . colonial governors . . . higher Civil Service officials, solicitors and members of the Bar. On the other hand, I have known it read regularly by board-school teachers, shop assistants, servants, artisans, and members of the poor generally. . . "' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1908 and 1918 | ||||||||||
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: | Ford Madox Ford |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | n/a |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | Writer |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | Arnold Bennett |
Title: | New Age |
Genre: | Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | 1907 - 1918 |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 4595 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Margaret Drabble | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Arnold Bennett | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1974 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 165 | |
Additional comments: | author's note: Ford Madox Ford, 'Women and Men', The Little Review (May 1918) |
Citation: | Margaret Drabble, Arnold Bennett (London, 1974), p. 165, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=4595, accessed: 19 April 2024 |
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