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'. |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | From: 1 Oct 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Oxford | ||||||||||
Type of Experience (Reader): |
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Type of Experience (Listener): |
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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, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Tom |
Title: | Eyes of Adonis |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 20695 | |
Source - | ||
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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=20695, accessed: 29 March 2024 |
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