| Evidence: | 'In 1955 Manny Shinwell - who read all of Palgrave's Golden Treasury to his children, and had consoled himself in prison with Keats and Tennyson - regretted that that poetic heritage had been surrendered to the cinema and radio: "In the early days of the [socialist] movement it was common practice of speakers to recite poetry...".' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | unknown | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Emmanuel (Manny) Shinwell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 18 Oct 1884 |
| Socio-economic group: | Labourer (non-agricultural) |
| Occupation: | factory worker, unionist - later politician |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | Scotland |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
his children |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Francis Turner Palgrave |
| Title: | Golden Treasury of English Song and Lyrics |
| Genre: | Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 3353 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Jonathan Rose | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes | |
| Place of Publication: | New Haven | |
| Date of Publication: | 2001 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 195 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Jonathan Rose, The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes (New Haven, 2001), p. 195, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=3353, accessed: 08 June 2023 | |
| See Manny Shinwell, 'Conflict Without Malice' (1955), p.44-6 |
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