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books reviews2
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japanese poetry 20th1
literary forgeries and mystifications1
violence in literature1
war poetry, english1
world war, 1914-19181
world war, 1939-19451

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Poetry Society1
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)1

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Correspondence and Translations

21 February 1991 - 30 September 1997

Extensive correspondence between Tomoyuki Iino and Jon Silkin relating to their work collaborating on an anthology of modern Japanese poetry translated into English. Includes 15 ms postcards (1 in Jap...

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Reviews

1989-1991

Press cuttings and photocopied of reviews of 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose.' Includes reviews by David Chadwick ('Bolton Evening News' (?), 8 November 1989); Trevor Royle ('Scotland on Su...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

Poetry Society

February 1979 - 13 August 1997

1 photocopied ts circular letter regarding the appointment of Brian Mitchell as General Secretary of the Society (8 May 1979); 1 ms letter to Silkin from the manager of the Poetry Society Bookshop; 3 ...

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Press Cuttings, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1961-1969

Press cuttings collected by Silkin, relating to the two World Wars and the literature of the First World War. Includes Philip Hobsbaum's article 'The Road Not Taken' ( 'The Listener,' 23 November 1961...

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