Record Number: 2486

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'From a classroom library of perhaps two dozen volumes [Richard Hillyer] borrowed one by Tennyson, simply because it had 'Poet Laureate' printed on the title page: the coloured words flashed out and entranced my fancy... my dormant imagination opened like a flower in the sun".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

unknown

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

county: Northamptonshire

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:

Richard Hillyer

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1900

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (agricultural)

Occupation:

cowman's son

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Title:

n/a

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

borrowed (institution library)
school library

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Source Information:

Record ID:

2486

Source:

Print

Author:

Jonathan Rose

Editor:

n/a

Title:

The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes

Place of Publication:

New Haven

Date of Publication:

2001

Vol:

n/a

Page:

127

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=2486, accessed: 28 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

See Richard Hillyer, 'Country Boy' p.29