Record Number: 25670

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Re-read MacDiarmid's "Scot's Unbound" - some fine lyrics; but the "thoct" in the lengthy poems confounds the poetry; why must Grieve so often use his verse as a shop-window for displaying curiosities of erudition?'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

20 Jun 1943

Country:

Scotland

Time

n/a

Place:

city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed

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:

William Soutar

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

28 Apr 1892

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

poet

Religion:

atheist

Country of Origin:

Scotland

Country of Experience:

Scotland

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

n/a

Additional Comments:

n/a

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Text Being Read:

Author:

Hugh MacDiarmid [pseud.]

Title:

Scots Unbound

Genre:

Poetry

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown

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Source Information:

Record ID:

25670

Source:

Print

Author:

William Soutar

Editor:

Alexander Scott

Title:

Diaries of a dying man

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Date of Publication:

1954

Vol:

n/a

Page:

174

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man, (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 174, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25670, accessed: 28 April 2025

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Additional Comments:

None