Record Number: 25674

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'At half past one Tom Scott strode in, having come home from West Africa: very little change in him after his two years in the tropics. Brought some poems for me to look over with a critical eye. Much experimentation in his verse in English; his solitary poem in Scots, and his first, exhibited the chief fault of all the younger school: many of the words haven't passed through the blood and imagination; they remain counters and are often set into the wrong context.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

11 Jul 1943

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed

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:

William Soutar

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Apr 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Tom Scott

Title:

[poems]

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Manuscript: Unknown

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25674

Source:

Print

Author:

William Soutar

Editor:

Alexander Scott

Title:

Diaries of a dying man

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1954

Vol:

n/a

Page:

179

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 179, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=25674, accessed: 26 April 2024

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Additional Comments:

None