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Chapter 2: Imagism, Lawrence, Pound, Read, Eliot

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1995

Annotated typescript draft, and a corrected, word-processed version of Chapter 2 of 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' titled 'Imagism, Lawrence, Pound, Read, Eliot.' In both cases, the chapter wa...

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Chapter Drafts: Pound and Imagism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1992-1993

This file contains ms and typescript drafts towards chapters on Ezra Pound and on imagism for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' The drafts on imagism include introductory matter and discussion of...

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On Pound's Cantos

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1986-1987

Photocopy of an annotated typescript draft of a long essay (36 pp) on Ezra Pound's 'Cantos,' referring to scholarship on the subject by C.K. Stead and Wendy Stallard Flory, and including discussion of...

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Lecture Notes

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1991-1993

File containing typescript and ms lecture notes and photocopied items with Silkin's ms annotations. Includes a ts lecture on George Eliot's 'The Mill on the Floss', which includes comments on the diff...

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Reference Material, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1994

Photocopied reference materials, ts draft and correspondence relating to Silkin's work towards 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse'. Includes a photocopy of Ralph Maud's Introduction to his edition o...

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Adult Education, University of Durham

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

October 1978 - April 1979

Papers relating to classes taught by Jon Silkin in the Department of Extra-Mural Studies at the University of Durham. Includes photocopies of poems by Geoffrey Hill, accompanied by an ms letter from D...

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Mixed Chapter Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1991-1993

Drafts of chapters for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' Includes ms and annotated typescript drafts for Chapter 1; ms drafts towards a chapter on D.H. Lawrence (referred to as Chapter 6); photoc...

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Chapters and Corrections (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996

This file contains individual pages and copies of chapters/sections with ms corrections for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' Includes photocopies (and some originals) of individual corrected pag...

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Appendix, Bibliography, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1994-1996

This file contains papers relating largely to the Appendix and Bibliography of 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' Includes correspondence from Ian Breakwell regarding the cover image for the publi...

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Mixed Chapter Drafts (4)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1994-1995

This file contains photocopies of annotated typescript chapter drafts, and word-processed copies of chapters with ms corrections, for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse.' Includes Chapter 3: Imagism...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1959-1964

Annotated typescript draft translation of the Ungaretti poem 'Rivers;' typescript draft essay titled 'Journalists;' carbon copy typescript essay titled 'Readerships,' concerning audiences and the read...

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Chapter Drafts and Outlines

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1990-1991

This file contains outlines, early draft chapters and reference material for 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' at this stage provisionally titled 'The Unresolved Conflict: Free and Metrical Verse...

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