Record Number: 32373
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I hope you noticed the leader in this week's Literary Supplement — on Edgar Allan Poe? I never heard such affectation and preciosity; the man who thinks the "Raven" tawdry just because it is easily appreciated, and says that in "The choice of words Poe has touched greater heights than De Quincy" ought — well, what can we say of him?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:22 Jun 1916
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:'Edgar Allan Poe'
Genre:Essays / Criticism, Leading article
Form of Text:Print: Serial / periodical
Publication DetailsTimes Literary Supplement (22 June 1916), 289-90
Provenanceowned
Probably owned by the Kirkpatrick household
Source Information:
Record ID:32373
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:199
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, 23 June 1916
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 199, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32373, accessed: 09 May 2025
Additional Comments:
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