Record Number: 30208

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have just come across these lines by A. E., which I like, because the stars are your only companions on sentry duty in the trenches; and they seem filled with majesty and peace, as does the sunrise too [quotes stanza five of A. E.'s poem "Shadows and Lights"].'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

8 Feb 1915

Country:

Belgium

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Ploegsteert

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:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1890

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

Belgium

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

George William Russell

Title:

"Shadows and Lights"

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30208

Source:

Print

Author:

Douglas Herbert Bell

Editor:

Henry Williamson

Title:

A Soldier's Diary of the Great War

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1929

Vol:

n/a

Page:

95

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War, (London, 1929), p. 95, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30208, accessed: 14 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None