Record Number: 6042
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'After Stalingrad, [Bernard Kops] immersed himself in Russian literature. A GI dating his sister introduced him to Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson'.
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1943 and 31 Dec 1945
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: London, East End
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:1926
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:leatherworker's son, later cook
Religion:Jewish
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:[Russian literature]
Genre:Fiction, Drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:6042
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:459
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes, (New Haven, 2001), p. 459, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6042, accessed: 14 November 2024
Additional Comments:
See Bernard Kops, 'World is a Wedding', various page references.