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Record Number: 6933


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'To her father she wrote about her term work, the poetry she was reading and with details about new publications. "Do", she urged him, "try to get hold of 'The London Mercury', a new periodical edited by J.C. Squire. The first number has just appeared and is quite excellent, - but I don't suppose it will keep it up. There are hitherto unpublished poems by Rupert Brooke and Thomas Hardy".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Jan 1919 and 31 Dec 1921

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Cambridge
specific address: Girton College

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Rosamond Lehmann

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

3 Feb 1901

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

later writer

Religion:

unknown

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:

Thomas Hardy

Title:

[poem in the London Mercury]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical

Publication Details

first number of the London Mercury

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

6933

Source:

Print

Author:

Selina Hastings

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Rosamond Lehmann

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

2002

Vol:

n/a

Page:

48

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Selina Hastings, Rosamond Lehmann, (London, 2002), p. 48, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=6933, accessed: 29 March 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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