Record Number: 29781
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘A violent rain after midnight drenched my clothes and tackle in pockets thereof, including the fair Tennyson.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 1917
Country:Belgium
Timen/a
Place:Poperinge, near Ypres
West Flanders
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Nov 1896
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Army Officer and Poet
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:Belgium
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:unknown
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:29781
Source - Manuscript:Other
Information:
Digitised pocket diary from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Harry Ransom Center/The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9417/9315
Additional Information:
This pocket diary belonging to Edmund Blunden relates the experiences of the northern section of the battle of Passchendaele, near the Yser Canal. The attack began on 31 July 1917, and this diary, while incomplete, has sections describing the period between 8 July and 5 August 1917.
Citation:
Digitised pocket diary from The First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University of Oxford (www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit); © [The Harry Ransom Center/The Edmund Blunden Literary Estate http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/document/9417/9315 , http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29781, accessed: 15 May 2024
Additional Comments:
While neither this nor an quotation from Tennyson in an undated letter to his father, see
