Record Number: 21926

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'In December he read Lang's translation of the elegies by Bion and Moschus that had been Shelley's model for "Adonais".'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Between 1 Dec 1917 and 31 Dec 1917

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Scarborough
county: Yorkshire

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:

Wilfred Owen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

18 Mar 1893

Socio-Economic Group:

Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder

Occupation:

soldier and poet

Religion:

none

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:

Bion of Smyrna

Title:

'Epitaph on Adonis'

Genre:

Classics, Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

Lang's translation

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

21926

Source:

Print

Author:

Dominic Hibberd

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Owen the Poet

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke

Date of Publication:

1986

Vol:

n/a

Page:

140

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Dominic Hibberd, Owen the Poet, (Basingstoke, 1986), p. 140, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=21926, accessed: 09 May 2025

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Additional Comments:

this is probably the poem in question