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Record Number: 18180


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Edith, though a great reader, did not consume all and any poetry as a child; she was kept in regularly on Saturday afternoons at one time because of her refusal to learn by heart Mrs Hemans's "Casabianca" ("The boy stood on the burning deck..."). The reason for her recalcitrance was that "as everybody had left the Burning Deck, and he was doing no conceivable good by remaining there, why in heck didn't he get off it!"'

Century:

1850-1899

Date:

Until: 31 Dec 1899

Country:

England

Time

afternoon

Place:

county: Derbyshire
specific address: Renishaw Hall

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:

Edith Sitwell

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

7 Sep 1887

Socio-Economic Group:

Royalty / aristocracy

Occupation:

later writer

Religion:

n/a

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:

Felicia Hemans

Title:

'Casabianca'

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

18180

Source:

Print

Author:

Victoria Glendinning

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Edith Sitwell. A Unicorn Among Lions

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1981

Vol:

n/a

Page:

29

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Victoria Glendinning, Edith Sitwell. A Unicorn Among Lions, (London, 1981), p. 29, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=18180, accessed: 07 October 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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