Record Number: 26536
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
[Lengthy, uncomplimentary quote from H. E. Bates on D. H. Lawrence] 'Perhaps you would like to know who is writing this? H. E. Ballocks. I mean H. E. Bastard. That is, H. E. Bates: [Quotes H. E. Bates comparing Lawrence unfavourably to Rilke]... No, I can't go on. When will these sodding loudmouthed cunting shitstuffed pisswashed sons of poxed-up bitches learn that there is something greater than literature? A bastard who can bastard well write bastard shit like that bastard well ought to be bastard well stuffed with broken glass, the bastard.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 9 Aug 1922 and 16 Sep 1941
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:specific address: 73 Coten End, Warwick
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: 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
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Poetry, Biography
Form of Text:Unknown
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:26536
Source: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:21-22
Additional Comments:
The letter is to JB Sutton, dated 16 September 1941. Bates's exact work being read is unnamed.
Citation:
Philip Larkin, Anthony Thwaite (ed.), Selected Letters of Philip Larkin 1940-1985, (London, 1992), p. 21-22, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=26536, accessed: 04 May 2024
Additional Comments:
None
