Record Number: 29821
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'One could find books in Thiepval; I am guilty of taking my copy of Ferdinand von Freiligrath's bombastic poems from that uncatalogued library.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 22 Oct 1916 and 30 Nov 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:city: Thiepval
county: Somme
(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:France
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 Detailsunknown. See additional comments
ProvenanceFound
Source Information:
Record ID:29821
Source:Edmund Blunden
Editor:n/a
Title:Undertones of War
Place of Publication:Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.)
Date of Publication:1982 (1928, 1937)
Vol:n/a
Page:133
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, (Harmondsworth (Penguin Modern Classics edn.), 1982 (1928, 1937)), p. 133, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=29821, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
Although Freiligrath had been 'a regular contributer to the London "Athenaenum" ' as Blunden notes,(see source text p.133) the context suggests that the book, found in an abandoned German dugout, would have been in the original language not an English translation. The actual dates of the reading experience are speculative and cover the priod of time spent between moving forward to the German front at Thiepval and leaving the area.
