Record Number: 32362
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'The "British Ballads" has come, and though I am awfully bucked with the edition — I can't think why I didn't appreciate it before. This must be a triumph for you — the reading matter is not nearly so good as I expected. For one thing, instead of being all made up of real old ballads as I hoped, it is half full of silly modern imitations and even funny ones. Don't you loathe "funny" poetry?'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 10 Mar 1916 and 14 Mar 1916
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:The Book of British Ballads
Genre:Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsLondon: Dent, 1914 (Everyman's Library, from the series 'English Literature for Schools', ed. Arthur Burrell)
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32362
Source:C. S. Lewis
Editor:Walter Hooper
Title:C. S. Lewis Collected Letters
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:2000
Vol:1
Page:173
Additional Comments:
From a letter to Arthur Greeves, 14 March 1916
Citation:
C. S. Lewis, Walter Hooper (ed.), C. S. Lewis Collected Letters, (London, 2000), 1, p. 173, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32362, accessed: 14 May 2024
Additional Comments:
This copy was in a deluxe edition: 'the chocolate binding of which I used to disapprove.' (Letter to Arthur Greeves, 7 March 1916, v.1, p. 170)
