| Evidence: | 'Before the meeting, Larkin had no detailed knowledge of Watkins's work - what he had read, including the newly published "Ballad of the Mari Lwyd", seemed to him too full of symbols, too arty, too removed from the recognizably modern world described by Auden.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1943 and 28 Feb 1943 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Oxford | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Philip Larkin |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 9 Aug 1922 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | later poet |
| 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: | Vernon Watkins |
| Title: | Ballad of the Mari Lwyd, The |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 20292 | |
| 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: | 83 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life (London, 1993), p. 83, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20292, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
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