Record Number: 11340
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'when I was eleven a school history-book containing biographies of Sir Thomas More, Sir Philip Sidney, and Sire John Eliot showed me that reading could be something quite different. My reading books up to then must have been poor, for I can remember nothing of them except a description of Damascus, with a sentence to the effect that at night the streets were "as silent as the dead". I had had, of course, to learn "Casabianca" and "Lord Ullin's Daughter" and "Excelsior" and the other vapid poems which are supposed to please children, but like everyone else I was bored by them.'
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 15 May 1887 and 1 Jan 1898
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Garth
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:15 May 1887
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:farmer's son, later poet
Religion:Protestant
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Casabianca
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailspublished in school reader?
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:11340
Source:Edwin Muir
Editor:n/a
Title:The story and the fable: An autobiography
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1940
Vol:n/a
Page:86
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Edwin Muir, The story and the fable: An autobiography, (London, 1940), p. 86, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=11340, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
None