Evidence: | 'he swapped and shared books, especially Billy Bunter stories. ("[Bunter's] roars and squeaks of anguish were constantly imitated then and for years after", says Sutton; "Philip seemed to identify with Bunter up to a point.")' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1930 and 1 Aug 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Coventry | ||||||||||
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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Reader: | Philip Larkin |
Age | Child (0-17) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 9 Aug 1922 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | later librarian and poet |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Frank Richards |
Title: | [Billy Bunter stories] |
Genre: | Children's Lit |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned owned, shared and swapped |
Record ID: | 20221 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Andrew Motion | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1993 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 21 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life (London, 1993), p. 21, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20221, accessed: 20 April 2024 |
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