| Evidence: | 'Throughout 1939 his reports speak of "improvements", and even though he still did "not much like" his English teacher he worked hard, widening his reading to include Verlaine and Lamartine as well as Auden and Eliot' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1939 and 31 Dec 1939 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Coventry | ||||||||||
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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 poet and librarian |
| 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: | Paul Verlaine |
| Title: | [unknown] |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20242 | |
| 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: | 31 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life (London, 1993), p. 31, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20242, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
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