Record Number: 32314
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I wonder did you notice the article on Nietzsche in last Sunday's Times Literary Supplement, which demonstrates that although we have been told to regard Nietzsche as the indirect author of this war, nothing could be farther removed from the spirit and letter of his teaching? It just shows how we can be duped by an ignorant and loud mouthed cheap press. Kirk, who knows something about N., had anticipated that article with us, and is in high glee at seeing the blunder "proclaimed on the housetops".'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Oct 1914 and 5 Oct 1914
Country:England
Timemorning
Place:Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'
(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
Mr Kirkpatrick was certainly present, because he and Lewis discussed the article. Mrs K., their houseguest Oswald Smythe (a former pupil) and other unnamed members of 'the household' referred to in the letter, may also have been present.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:The Nietzschean Way
Genre:History, Politics, Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper, Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsThe Times Literary Supplement (1st October 1914), 442
Provenanceowned
owned by the Kirkpatricks, rather than by Lewis himself
Source Information:
Record ID:32314
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:74
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, [5th?] October 1914. 'Kirk' is his tutor, William Thompson Kirkpatrick, formerly headmaster of Lurgan College, Co. Armagh, where Lewis's father had been a pupil.
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 74, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32314, accessed: 05 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None