Penguin: Canaan

Description

45 items of correspondence, chiefly relating to the publication of Hill's poetry collection 'Canaan' by Penguin in 1996. Correspondence with Penguin includes:

- 2 typescript letters from Paul Keegan to Geoffrey Hill (22 December 1995 - 13 March 1996), and 2 cc typescript letters (1 faxed) from Hill to Keegan (3 January 1996 - 1 March 1996);

- 6 cc typescript letters (faxed) from Hill to Anna South (21 March 1996 - 6 May 1996), and 5 typescript letters (including faxes) from South to Hill (25 March 1996 - 7 May 1996); Hill's letter of 25 March 1996 accompanied by copies of his permissions requests to Oxford University Press and Éditions du Boréal; Hill's letter of 9 April 1996 accompanied by a copy of letter from Éditions du Boréal; Hill's letter of 16 April 1996 accompanied by a photocopied typescript of his poem To William Cobbett: In Absentia; Hill's letter of 30 April 1996 accompanied by letter from Oxford University Press;

- 1 typescript letter (faxed) from Claire Peligry to Hill (27 March 1996), and 4 cc typescript letters (faxed) from Hill to Peligry (1 April 1996 - 23 April 1996); Peligry's letter comprises 2 pages from a fax of 11 pages;

- 1 cc typescript letter from Hill (faxed) to Tim Bates (16 April 1994), accompanied by a photocopied typescript of his poem To William Cobbett: In Absentia;

- 8 typescript letters (including faxes) from various correspondents at Penguin (including Picture Research, Cover Editorial and Publicity) to Hill (28 February 1996 - 29 October 1996), and 6 cc typescript letters (faxed) from Hill to Penguin (11 March 1996 - 9 October 1996); Penguin letter of 3 April 1996 accompanied by a copy of the cover blurb for Canaan; Hill's letter of 3 April 1996 held with a copy of the cover blurb for Canaan with Hill's ms revisions/corrections; Hill's letter of 30 April 1996 accompanied by a copy of the biographical note for Canaan with his ms revisions/corrections.Other correspondence relating to 'Canaan' includes:

- 2 cc typescript letters (1 faxed) from Hill to Oxford University Press (13 February 1996 - 23 April 1996), and 2 typescript letters from Oxford University Press to Hill (27 February 1996 - 30 April 1996); OUP letter of 27 February 1996 held with copies of the same; Hill's letter of 23 April 1996 accompanied by a copy of his letter to OUP of 23 March 1996; OUP letter of 30 April 1996 accompanied by a copy of Hill's letter of 23 March 1996;

- 1 cc typescript letter (faxed) from Hill to Éditions du Boréal (26 March 1996) accompanied by a photocopy of his poem Song Contest, after Anne Hébert's Les Offensés, and acknowledgment for the poem as published in New Poems 1992, and 1 typescript letter from Éditions du Boréal to Hill (6 April 1996) accompanied by fax copy; also 1 typescript letter (faxed) from Éditions du Boréal to the poetry editor at Houghton Mifflin (10 June 1993).

- 1 ms letter from William Cookson to Hill (8 June 1996) accompanied by a typescript list of misprints found in the page proofs of Canaan.The file also contains 1 typescript fax from the Permissions Department at Penguin to Hill referring to David Impastato (19 April 1996), and 1 typescript letter from Impastato to Hill (20 April 1996).

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Digital photography is strictly prohibited. Photocopying is restricted and the photocopying of correspondence is prohibited. Enquiries relating to the photocopying of material should be addressed to the Head of Special Collections at Leeds University Library in the first instance. Direct quotation from manuscripts by Geoffrey Hill is permitted in unpublished PhD theses. The permission of the copyright holder must be sought for the use of quotations from manuscripts by Geoffrey Hill for works intended for publication.

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