Record Number: 32308
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have here discovered an author exactly after my own heart, whom I am sure you would delight in, W. B. Yeats. He writes plays and poems of rare spirit and beauty about our old Irish mythology. I must really get my father to buy his books when I come home. His works have all got that strange, eerie feeling about them, of which we are both professed admirers. I must get hold of them, certainly.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 3 Feb 1914 and 5 Jun 1914
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Great Malvern
Worcestershire
Malvern College
various, but certainly the library
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:n/a
Date of Birth:29 Nov 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Student
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Northern Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Drama, Poetry, Irish mythology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceread in situ
probably borrowed as well
Source Information:
Record ID:32308
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:59
Additional Comments:
'I have discovered here' refers to Malvern College library, nicknamed the Grundy: 'This term in the Grundy I have discovered a new poet whom I must get, Yeats.' (Letters, p. 57)
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 59, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32308, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
