Record Number: 33718
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'In literature it is only in Vaughan, Traherne, and other mystics, that I find any adequate expression of that perpetual rapturous delight in nature and my own existence that I experienced at that period.'
Century:1850-1899, 1900-1945
Date:Between 1898 and 1918
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:n/a
Type of Experience(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:4 Aug 1841
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Naturalist, writer
Religion:Christian, Protestant in childhood only
Country of Origin:Argentina
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication DetailsVaughan's poems appeared in collected editions: ed. by E. K. Chambers (London: Lawrence & Bullen 1896) and ed. by L. C. Martin, 2 vols,(Oxford:Clarendon Press 1914)
Provenanceunknown
The context however suggests that Hudson owned works of Vaughan
Source Information:
Record ID:33718
Source:William Henry Hudson
Editor:n/a
Title:Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1918
Vol:n/a
Page:36
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Henry Hudson, Far Away and Long Ago: A History of My Early Life, (London, 1918), p. 36, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33718, accessed: 17 February 2025
Additional Comments:
This is a reflection from old age of recurrent influential adult reading, and comparing it with his own direct childhood experiences of nature on the Argentinian pampas.