Record Number: 32881
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘J. E. Patterson has written a book around Minehead, perhaps "Fishers of the Sea", or no—"Love Like the Sea"; which I liked. Perhaps you might. He has power, but an amateurish trick of underlining his points which is irritating … The Sonnet of R. B. you sent me, I do not like. It seems to me that Rupert Brooke would not have improved with age, would not have broadened, his manner has become a mannerism, both in ryme and diction. I do not like it.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1911 and 3 Aug 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:28 Aug 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Religion:Christian (Anglican)
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Love Like the Sea
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:32881
Source:Ivor Gurney
Editor:R. K. R. Thornton,
Title:Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters
Place of Publication:Manchester
Date of Publication:1991
Vol:n/a
Page:29
Additional Comments:
Letter to Marion Scott [violinist, musicologist] 3 August 1915, Wintry Farm Camp, Epping, Essex
Citation:
Ivor Gurney, R. K. R. Thornton, (ed.), Ivor Gurney: Collected Letters, (Manchester, 1991), p. 29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32881, accessed: 25 April 2024
Additional Comments:
Date range is very approximate as it is not clear from the evidence whether the reader is recounting a past or recent reading experience. However the wording of the evidence suggests that he had the book at hand to check the title while writing the letter, and may therefore have read it recently.
