Record Number: 32351
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'I have also been reading in library copies... Swinburne's "Erechtheus" which is another tragedy on Greek lines like "Atalanta", though not so good in my opinion.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1915 and 15 Nov 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
His tutor, William Kirkpatrick, may have been present.
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Erechtheus: A Tragedy
Genre:Classics, Drama, Poetry, Pastiche in blank verse on classical Greek drama
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsChatto & Windus, 1876 (or new ed. 1894)
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Type of library not known
Source Information:
Record ID:32351
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:151
Additional Comments:
From a letter to his father, 15? November 1915. 'Atalanta' is 'Atalanta in Calydon', an earlier play by Swinburne in the classical Greek style.
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 151, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32351, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
I have not extended the date range beyond the date of the letter because I think it unlikely that this text formed part of Lewis's formal study.
