Record Number: 32328
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have been reading this week a book by Swinburne from the Library, a "Study on Shakespeare". This is my first experience of his prose, and I think I shall make it the last. "Apt alliteration's artful aid" may be all right in verse, but it is undoubtedly vicious in prose, as also are words like "plenilune", "Mellisonant", "tautologous", "intromission". And yet at the same time there is great force in the book, and his appreciation of the subject is very infectious.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 6 Feb 1915 and 13 Feb 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:Great Bookham
Surrey
'Gastons'
(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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:29 Nov 1898
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Student
Religion:Church of England
Country of Origin:Northern Ireland
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:A Study of Shakespeare
Genre:Essays / Criticism
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
not known for certain whether public or private library
Source Information:
Record ID:32328
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:107-8
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, postmarked 13 February 1915
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 107-8, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32328, accessed: 24 April 2024
Additional Comments:
None
