Record Number: 20243
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Throughout 1939 his reports speak of "improvements", and even though he still did "not much like" his English teacher he worked hard, widening his reading to include Verlaine and Lamartine as well as Auden and Eliot'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 1 Jan 1939 and 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:Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Verlaine
Title:[unknown]
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:20243
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:31
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Andrew Motion, Philip Larkin. A Writer's Life, (London, 1993), p. 31, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=20243, accessed: 12 November 2024
Additional Comments:
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