Record Number: 20235
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Sydney shaped Larkin's taste skilfully, leading him away from J.C. Powys and towards Llewelyn and T.F., towards James Joyce with no expectation that he would enjoy him, and towards poets who would remain favourites all his life: Hardy, Christina Rossetti and A.E. Housman. In late 1939, when Larkin discovered T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Edward Upward and Christopher Isherwood, Sydney also encouraged him - continuing, as he had always done, to make reading seem an independent activity, only tenuously linked to schoolwork.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 31 Dec 1939
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Coventry
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:Child (0-17)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:9 Aug 1922
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:later poet and librarian
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:[unknown]
Genre:Fiction, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
introduced by his father
Source Information:
Record ID:20235
Source:Andrew Motion
Editor:n/a
Title:Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1993
Vol:n/a
Page:28
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life, (London, 1993), p. 28, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20235, accessed: 10 October 2024
Additional Comments:
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