Evidence: | 'Such a shocked surprise came to me the pther day on opening T.F. Henderson's book on "Scottish Vernacular Literature" to find out what he had to say by way of comment on Hume's "The Day Estivall". I had just been reading this poem again - a poem to which I am often persuaded to return when prompted by a lovely day - and, having its freshness so vividly in my mind, it was all the more astonishing to be confronted by Henderson's contemptuous aside: "...'The Day Estivall', if absurdly prosaic, is occasionally picturesque."' |
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Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
Date: | Until: 17 Apr 1939 | ||||||||||
Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
Place: | city: Perth specific address: 27 Wilson Street location in dwelling: in bed |
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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, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | Alexander Hume |
Title: | The Day Estivall |
Genre: | Poetry |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | owned |
Record ID: | 25657 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | William Soutar | |
Editor: | Alexander Scott | |
Title: | Diaries of a dying man | |
Place of Publication: | Edinburgh | |
Date of Publication: | 1954 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 139 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 139, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=25657, accessed: 28 March 2024 |
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