Record Number: 5754
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Masefield's early experience of literature came with the stories told or read to him by his nurse. The fare was what would be expected in a middle class Victorian home; even "Dick Whittington and his Cat" was introduced. Tennyson's "The Dying Swan" was one of the boy's earliest delights; and, having been taught to read before his sixth birthday, he read and committed to memory copious amounts of Longfellow, especially Hiawatha and Evangeline'.
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1878 and 31 Dec 1884
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:county: Herefordshire
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:
Listener: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1 Jun 1878
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later a poet
Religion:n/a
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:Dick Whittington and his Cat
Genre:Fiction, Children's Lit, fairytale
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5754
Source:Sanford Sternlicht
Editor:n/a
Title:John Masefield
Place of Publication:Boston
Date of Publication:1977
Vol:n/a
Page:19-20
Additional Comments:
n/a
Citation:
Sanford Sternlicht, John Masefield, (Boston, 1977), p. 19-20, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=5754, accessed: 08 November 2024
Additional Comments:
The reader was his nurse.