Record Number: 25644
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Has Eliot, for example, not returned from the "Waste Land" back to a more dogmatic climate - his latest book, "After Strange Gods", is almost priggish in tone; and slightly medieval. I do not suggest that his attitude is valueless - it is, I fancy, a necessary corrective'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Until: 5 Apr 1934
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Perth
specific address: 27 Wilson Street
location in dwelling: in bed
(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:28 Apr 1898
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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:After Strange Gods
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25644
Source:William Soutar
Editor:Alexander Scott
Title:Diaries of a dying man
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:1954
Vol:n/a
Page:67
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man, (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 67, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25644, accessed: 17 August 2024
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