Evidence: | 'Now I'm reading Festivals of Fire, which I had sent for before I got your letter; it was most charming of you to offer to send it it to me, and I think it remarkable, and it is obvious that you are a real poet. As I said before, the rhythmical quality of "The Loosening" its fluidity and perfect control, was most remarkable, and I never doubted that you have a most remarkable mind; all I wanted was more sifting of the material. When I know Festivals of Fire properly, I shall write to you again...' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | 16 Mar 1935 | ||||||||||
Country: | France | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Paris specific address: 129 Rue Saint-Dominique VIIe |
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Reader: | Edith Sitwell |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Female |
Date of Birth | 7 Sep 1887 |
Socio-economic group: | Gentry |
Occupation: | Poet |
Religion: | Christian |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | France |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
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Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Ronald Bottrall |
Title: | Festival of Fire |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | 1935 |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 20628 | |
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Author: | Edith Sitwell | |
Editor: | Richard Greene | |
Title: | Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1998 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 145 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | Edith Sitwell, Richard Greene (ed.), Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell (London, 1998), p. 145, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20628, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
This is an extract from a lengthy letter to Ronald Bottrell in which Edith endeavours to explain and apologise for possible misconstruction of her review of his' Aspects of Modern Poetry'. She goes on to say that she will be asking the Editor of the London Mercury if he will allow her to review Bottrell's next book so that she can ' publicly clear up the muddled statement [she] made about [his] poetry.' |
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