Record Number: 32355
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'There has also been from the London Library a book called "Springs of Helicon" by Mackail — you know, Professor of Poetry at Oxford and the man on William Morris. This is a study on Chaucer, Spenser and Milton and I enjoyed it immensely. He has quite infected me with his enthusiasm for the former, whom I must begin to read. He talks of other works, "The Legend of Good Women", "Troilus and Cresseide" as being better than the tales.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 15 Nov 1915 and 4 Dec 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
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:Male
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:The Springs of Helicon: A Study in the Progress of English Poetry from Chaucer to Milton
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Poetry, Transcripts of six lectures, revised for publication
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLongmans, Green & Co., 1909
ProvenanceSubscription Library
Source Information:
Record ID:32355
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:157
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, Postmark: 4 December 1915.
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 157, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32355, accessed: 03 May 2024
Additional Comments:
I think the subscription to the London Library would belong to Mr Kirkpatrick, not to Lewis.