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
Timen/a
Place:specific address: Villa des N?fliers
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: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: Title:The Man Shakespeare
Genre:Biography, Reference / General works
Form of Text:Manuscript: Unknown
Publication Detailspublished later in 1909
Provenanceunknown
sent to Bennett by author
Source Information:
Record ID:14704
Source: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.'