Record Number: 21865

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Still sore and indignant, I happened one day to read some verses by Sir Owen Seaman which I found in a copy of "Punch" dated April 3rd, 1918 - the very week in which our old strongholds had fallen and the camp at Etaples had been a struggling pandemonium of ambulances, stretchers and refugee nurses:'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 11 Apr 1918 and 12 May 1918

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: London

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Vera Brittain

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

29 Dec 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Owen Seaman

Title:

The Soul of a Nation

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Serial / periodical, magazine

Publication Details

"Punch" published April 3rd, 1918. It is not clear whether the poem had previously been published.

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21865

Source:

Print

Author:

Vera Brittain

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Testament of Youth

Place of Publication:

Great Britain

Date of Publication:

1978

Vol:

n/a

Page:

430-431

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth, (Great Britain, 1978), p. 430-431, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21865, accessed: 15 September 2024

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Additional Comments:

Vera Brittain goes on to quote the poem in its entirety.