Record Number: 19732

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'last night [Barker] read me Coleridge's "Ode on Dejection" which is very beautiful in parts. It exactly expresses those bad negative states in which one looks and sees nothing - the "grief without a pang".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

15 Nov 1936

Country:

England

Time

n/anight

Place:

city: London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

George Barker

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

26 Feb 1913

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Antonia White

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Title:

Dejection: An Ode

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

19732

Source:

Print

Author:

Antonia White

Editor:

Susan Chitty

Title:

Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1991

Vol:

I

Page:

80

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Antonia White, Susan Chitty (ed.), Antonia White. Diaries 1926-1957, (London, 1991), I, p. 80, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=19732, accessed: 08 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None