Record Number: 159
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Yesterday my Elizabeth and I went to the most remarkable poets' Reading I have ever attended. It was held at Lord Byron's beautiful house in Piccadilly... I was moved by Mr de la Mare reading five poems of great beauty. Elizabeth was thrilled at seeing for the first time W.H. Davies, a strange tiny poet. He read "Love's Silent Hour" and three others. Hilary [Hilaire Belloc] read "The Poor of London" and "the Dons". He got a big reception'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 1916
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Lord Byron's House in Piccadilly
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Apr 1873
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Hilaire Belloc, his sister, Marie Belloc Lowndes, 'her' Elizabeth, and a group of other listeners, as well as poets WH Davies and GK Chesterton who were also reading
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[five poems]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:159
Source:Joseph Pearce
Editor:n/a
Title:Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1996
Vol:n/a
Page:231
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Joseph Pearce, Wisdom and Innocence. A Life of G.K. Chesterton, (London, 1996), p. 231, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=159, accessed: 16 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Pearce gives as his source an earlier biography of Chesterton, by Ward. The quotation is from a letter written by Marie Belloc Lowndes
