Record Number: 32959
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
‘I am back in the Trenches now and my address is altered as you notice. Thank you for Lawrence offer but cloth books are so bulky and impossible out here. I have sent home the Georgian book. I know his poems a little and admire his power, but not his outlook. I suppose he is the necessary spokesman for people that way inclined … I read an excellent poem in the Westminster Gazette; it got the prize there … do you know who wrote it? Its by someone at the front.’
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 28 Jul 1916 and 17 Aug 1916
Country:France
Timen/a
Place:county: Somme
other location: trenches
(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, 11th Battalion, King's Own Royal Lancasters Regiment
Religion:Jewish
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:3 Poems: Service of all the Dead; Meeting among the Mountains; Cruelty and Love
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceborrowed (other)
Source Information:
Record ID:32959
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:243
Additional Comments:
Letter to Sydney Schiff late August 1916 from the trenches
Citation:
Isaac Rosenberg, Ian Parsons (ed.), The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings, (London, 1984), p. 243, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32959, accessed: 26 April 2025
Additional Comments:
None
