Record Number: 20292
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Before the meeting, Larkin had no detailed knowledge of Watkins's work - what he had read, including the newly published "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", seemed to him too full of symbols, too arty, too removed from the recognizably modern world described by Auden.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1943 and 28 Feb 1943
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Oxford
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:9 Aug 1922
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later poet
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Ballad of the Mari Lwyd, The
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20292
Source:Andrew Motion
Editor:n/a
Title:Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:83
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life (London, 1993), p. 83, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20292, accessed: 23 April 2024
Additional Comments:
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