Record Number: 30292

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'So after dinner they settled down by the fire with The Northern Muse, Betty van Dusen and Tweedsmuir reading poems alternately; rather, she read from the book, but when it was his turn he barely needed to give it a glance. The poems were safe in his memory.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

Jan 1940

Country:

Canada

Time

evening

Place:

Government House

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Betty van Dusen

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Female

Date of Birth:

n/a

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Wife of a professor at Union Theological Seminary

Occupation:

n/a

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Canada

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

Governor General of Canada (the van Dusens' host), John Buchan

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

The Northern Muse: An Anthology of Scots Vernacular Poetry

Genre:

Poetry, Miscellany / Anthology

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

30292

Source:

Print

Author:

Janet Adam Smith

Editor:

n/a

Title:

John Buchan: A Biography

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1965

Vol:

n/a

Page:

468

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Janet Adam Smith, John Buchan: A Biography, (London, 1965), p. 468, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=30292, accessed: 01 June 2024

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Additional Comments:

None