Record Number: 32952
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I am still in the hospital and expect to be for at least two days more … Just now I don’t know where I can keep books. I have with me Donne’s poems and Brown’s “Religion De Medici” and must carry both in my pocket. I have drawn some of the chaps in the hospital and can see heaps of subject matter all over. If you could send me any small books or news that might interest me I think I could find a place for them. A small box of watercolours would be handy. I cannot get one in this town. I can only get Sundays off so have no chance of finding out as the evenings are pitch black and no shops are visible. Cigarettes or any small eatables also help to make things pleasanter.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Nov 1915 and 30 Nov 1915
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Bury St Edmunds
county: Suffolk
specific address: Military Hospital Depot, Bury St Edmunds
(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:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:25 Nov 1890
Socio-Economic Group:Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder
Occupation:Private, 12th Suffolk Regiment
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Religio Medici
Genre:Other religious, Autobiog / Diary, Astrology / alchemy / occult
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:32952
Source:Isaac Rosenberg
Editor:Ian Parsons
Title:The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:n/a
Page:221
Additional Comments:
Letter to unidentified recipient November 1915, from Military Hospital Depot, Bury St Edmunds
Citation:
Isaac Rosenberg, Ian Parsons (ed.), The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings, (London, 1984), p. 221, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32952, accessed: 07 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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