Record Number: 25659
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Tom Scott came in, bringing a typed copy of his lengthy poem, "On my 21st Birthday". Much of this modern verse is unintelligible to me - and, naturally, much of this particular sample of it is too intimate in incident for general understanding. Scott also brought a couple of poems by his pal George Fraser. There is a ninetyish quality about the verse of these young moderns - but with a difference; the self-conscious daring is not in the carnality but in the technique: this gives their poetry a hardness which cuts through sentimentality but also shears away something of humankindness.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:29 Jul 1940
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 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
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:On my 21st Birthday
Genre:Poetry
Form of Text:Manuscript: Sheet
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:25659
Source:William Soutar
Editor:Alexander Scott
Title:Diaries of a dying man
Place of Publication:Edinburgh
Date of Publication:1954
Vol:n/a
Page:155
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
William Soutar, Alexander Scott (ed.), Diaries of a dying man, (Edinburgh, 1954), p. 155, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=25659, accessed: 18 July 2024
Additional Comments:
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