Poetry Society
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Poetry Society
Classmark: BC MS 20c Hill/6/POE/4
Original reference: Brotherton Collection MS 20c Hill/6/POE
Creator(s): Poetry Society
Date(s): 15 May 1981 - 29 March 1983
Size and medium: 1
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/17940
Collection group(s): Leeds Poetry | English Literature
Description
5 items of correspondence between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at the Poetry Society. Includes 3 typescript letters from Brian G. Mitchell to Hill (15 May 1981 - 8 July 1981; includes letters signed on Mitchell's behalf), and 1 cc typescript letter from Hill to Mitchell regarding a reading by Hill at the National Poetry Centre on 2 July 1981); and 1 typescript letter from Andrew Motion as Editor of the 'Poetry Review' to Hill (8 October 1981).Held with this correspondence is 1 typescript letter to Hill from the Publicity Department at André Deutsch (29 March 1983) referring to a party at the Poetry Society to mark the publication of 'The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy', accompanied by Hill's cc typescript suggested list of guests and a suggested list of guest from Deutsch with Hill's ms annotations.
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Access to this part of the collection is protected under the Data Protection Act. You will need to complete a data protection access form and return it to Special Collections for review by staff before access can be granted
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 Direct quotation from manuscripts by Geoffrey Hill is permitted in unpublished PhD theses.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.
Geoffrey Hill