Evidence: | 'It was filled with a high but vague nonconformity, and tried to combine the ideals of revivalist Christianity and great literature. There were articles on 'aspects' of Ruskin, Carlyle, Browning, and other uplifting Victorians, and a great number of quotations, mainly "thoughts" from their works.... For some time this paper coloured my attitude to literature. I acquired a passion for "thoughts" and "thinkers", and demanded from literature a moral inspiration which would improve my character.' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1901 and 1919 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Glasgow | ||||||||||
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Reader: | Edwin Muir |
Age | Unknown |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1887 |
Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
Occupation: | clerk at the time, later poet |
Religion: | n/a |
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: | |
Title: | Great Thoughts |
Genre: | Other religious, Essays / Criticism |
Form of Text: | Print: Serial / periodical |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 977 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | Edwin Muir | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | The Story and the Fable | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1940 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 113-4 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Edwin Muir, The Story and the Fable (London, 1940), p. 113-4, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=977, accessed: 25 April 2024 |
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