| Evidence: | "Which reminds me I noticed an extract from Ben Jonson the other day which said 'the third requisite in our poet, or maker, is imitation... to follow him (Auden, in my case) till he grow very He; or so like him that the copy may be mistaken for the principal...'" |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1940 and 20 Dec 1940 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | specific address: 33 Cherry Orchard, Lichfield | ||||||||||
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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: | Student, Librarian, 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: | Ben Jonson |
| Title: | extract |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 25127 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Philip Larkin | |
| Editor: | Anthony Thwaite | |
| Title: | Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985 | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1992 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 5 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite (ed.), Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985 (London, 1992), p. 5, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25127, accessed: 20 April 2024 | |
| Larkin was staying with relatives in wartime Lichfield. The letter is to J.B Sutton, dated 20 December 1940. |
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