Record Number: 20695

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'[Tom, an Oxford contemporary] Following an elite fashion among moneyed aesthetes, he published, privately, a slim volume of poems on thick hand-made paper - "Eyes of Adonis". Some of the poems were little more than doggerel, and he was hurt to find that he could not even [italics] give [end italics] the little books away'.

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

From: 1 Oct 1939

Country:

England

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Oxford

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ralph Glasser

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

3 Apr 1916

Socio-Economic Group:

Labourer (non-agricultural)

Occupation:

later economist

Religion:

Jewish

Country of Origin:

England of Lithuanian heritage

Country of Experience:

England

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Tom

Title:

Eyes of Adonis

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

20695

Source:

Print

Author:

Ralph Glasser

Editor:

n/a

Title:

Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1990

Vol:

n/a

Page:

166

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Ralph Glasser, Gorbals Voices, Siren Songs (London, 1990), p. 166, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=20695, accessed: 29 March 2023

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Additional Comments:

None