Record Number: 6014
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Soon Pritchett was reading Penny Poets editions of "Paradise Regained", Wordsworth's "Prelude", Cowper, and Coleridge. He formulated plans to become Poet Laureate by age twenty-one'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:unknown
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:16 Dec 1900
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later a writer
Religion:unknown
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Paradise Regained
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsPenny Poets edition
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6014
Source:Jonathan Rose
Editor:n/a
Title:The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes
Place of Publication:New Haven
Date of Publication:2001
Vol:n/a
Page:452
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 452, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6014, accessed: 02 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See V.S. Pritchett, 'A Cab at the Door' (1968), page ref. unclear