| Evidence: | '[Muir] wrote to Stephen Spender in the summer of 1944 that Bowra's book had made him realise that he had been writing symbolist poetry himself for years without realising it. He added: "He inspired me to write one deliberately, which I enclose".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Until: 1944 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Edwin Muir |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | n/a |
| Date of Birth | 1887 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Poet and critic |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | Scotland |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | C. Maurice Bowra |
| Title: | The Heritage of Symbolism |
| Genre: | Essays / Criticism, Arts / architecture |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1316 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Margery McCulloch | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Edwin Muir: Poet, Critic and Novelist | |
| Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
| Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 45 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Margery McCulloch, Edwin Muir: Poet, Critic and Novelist (Edinburgh, 1993), p. 45, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1316, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| The poem was 'The Rider Victory' |
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