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Record Number: 12469


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'20th January, Thursday. Pat has given me a number of his poems for the ?Two Houses?. [a magazine of which Gerald Moore was the editor] I had to smile at finding again the classic influence which inspires his every thought. He writes in the style of a man whose reading lies in the works of Shakespeare, Milton and the Golden Age.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

20 Jan 1927

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Liverpool

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Gerald Moore

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

16 Jun 1903

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company

Religion:

none

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

George Eric Paterson

Title:

poems [unspecified]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Sheet

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned
submitted for publication by the author


Source Information:

Record ID:

12469

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Gerald Moore

Title:

MS Diary 1927

Location:

Private Collection

Call No:

MS Diary 1927

Page/Folio:

n/a

Citation:

Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1927 Private Collection, p. MS Diary 1927, p. n/a, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=12469, accessed: 20 April 2024


Additional Comments:

This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.

   
   
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