Record Number: 33617
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Polishness which I took from Mickiewicz and Slowacki. My father read "Pan Tadeusz" aloud to me and made me read it aloud. Not just once or twice. I used to prefer "Konrad Wallenrod", "Grazyna". Later I liked Slowacki better.You know why Slowacki? Il est l'âme de toute la Pologne, lui.' [Interview in Polish (and French): original text not easily available.]
Century:1850-1899
Date:Between 1 Jan 1862 and 31 Feb 1869
Country:Poland
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary reactive unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:3 Dec 1857
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
'Szlachta', or Polish landed gentry/nobility
Child
Religion:Roman Catholic
Country of Origin:Poland
Country of Experience:Poland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Pan Tadeusz
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceowned
Source Information:
Record ID:33617
Source:Marian Dabrowski
Editor:Zdzislaw Najder
Title:Conrad: Under Familial Eyes
Place of Publication:Cambridge
Date of Publication:1983
Vol:n/a
Page:199
Additional Comments:
Interview first published in "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" (Warsaw, 1917).
Citation:
Marian Dabrowski, Zdzislaw Najder (ed.), Conrad: Under Familial Eyes, (Cambridge, 1983), p. 199, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33617, accessed: 05 November 2024
Additional Comments:
None