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Record Number: 14704


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I made the mistake of reading your Shakespeare play before your Shakespeare criticism. So I had to read the play again. I cannot expertly criticize the critical book because I don?t know enough. . . . What of Coleridge I have ever had the patience to read is not to be compared to it.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Until: 13 Dec 1908

Country:

France

Time

n/a

Place:

specific address: Villa des N?fliers

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:

Arnold Bennett

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

27 May 1867

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

writer/journalist/reviewer

Religion:

Christian

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Frank Harris

Title:

The Man Shakespeare

Genre:

Biography, Reference / General works

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

published later in 1909

Provenance

unknown
sent to Bennett by author


Source Information:

Record ID:

14704

Source:

Print

Author:

Arnold Bennett

Editor:

James Hepburn

Title:

Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915

Place of Publication:

London: Oxford University Press

Date of Publication:

1968

Vol:

II

Page:

239

Additional Comments:

In a letter from Bennett to Frank Harris, dated 30 Nov 1908 from Villa des N?fliers

Citation:

Arnold Bennett, James Hepburn (ed.), Letters of Arnold Bennett Vol.II 1889-1915, (London: Oxford University Press, 1968), II, p. 239, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=14704, accessed: 12 October 2024


Additional Comments:

editor's note: (p.242) 'Harris's play was "Shakespeare and His Love", which was published in 1910; his book was "The Man Shakespeare", published 1909.'

   
   
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