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Poems and Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1986-1988
Typescript drafts and copies of the following poems: - A Box of Seeds - Alpine - Hospital - Annalists of the Fields (In the dips of this mountain ...) - Veining (Before morning has wiped the sky...
Resource Material, Etc. (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1945-1980
Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose.' Includes ms notes on writers to include (on back of an envelope); a carbon copy typescript of...
Press Cuttings: Jewish Interest (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1978-1992
Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin relating to his interest in Jewish history and culture. Includes 2 articles on plans to commemorate the massacre of Jews at York in 1190 (1978); an article from ...
Woman and her Bread: Drafts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1987-1989
Ms and typescript drafts for and workings towards the poem 'Woman and her Bread', including drafts titled 'Today's Bread', 'A Religious Woman', 'Woman and Bread', and 'Bread'. The drafts are undated, ...
Translations from Hebrew
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1958-1997
Papers relating to Silkin's work on translating modern Hebrew poets into English, including David Rokeah, Natan Zach and Amir Gilboa. Includes ms and typescript drafts and translations of various poet...
Radio Scripts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1977-1979
This file contains copies of typescript radio scripts for broadcasts of poems from 'The Psalms With Their Spoils' by the BBC. Includes an unmarked script for 'Joy Lined With Metal', including an intro...
Gurney: Revisions
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1985-1986
Photocopied pages from the Iron Press version of 'Gurney' published in 1985, with Jon Silkin's ms revisions. Numbered 1-55 in ms.
Chapter 7: Some Poets Now
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1995
Corrected, word-processed version of Chapter 7 of 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' titled 'Some Poets Now.' The chapter was originally identified as Chapter Eight; corrected in ms.The original f...
Letters to Jon Silkin
8 September 1957 - 2 November 1995
This file contains letters to Jon Silkin from various correspondents at the University of Leeds, both students and staff. Includes 5 ms letters to Silkin from Joy Udloff, secretary of the Leeds Univer...
Proof of The Life of Metrical and Free Verse
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
June 1996
Complete set of page proofs for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' date-stamped 21 June 1996, and with a small number of ms corrections in Silkin's hand.
Exhibition Catalogue: Drafts and Proofs
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1959
Drafts and proofs of items included in the Rosenberg exhibition catalogue, including an annotated typescript draft and 4 clean duplicated typescripts of Silkin's essay 'The Poetry of Isaac Rosenberg';...
Letters to Jon Silkin
21 November 1978 - [June?] 1987
1 typescript letter from Frederick Turner and 1 ms letter from Philip D. Church to Jon Silkin. Both correspondents are editors of the 'Kenyon Review.' Turner's letter (21 November 1978) is accompanied...