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Letters to Jon Silkin

4 May 1955 - 4 November 1957

Letters from the Streatham Synagogue Sicha Society to Jon Silkin, including 1 ms letter from A.B. Osborne, and 3 ts letters from S. Mundy. The correspondence relates to the Society's Annual Literary D...

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Lecture Notes (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970s

Ts lecture notes with title 'Narrative & Image'; ts lecture notes titled 'Modern British Poetry'; ms notes on Roy Fisher; ts and duplicated copies of poems by Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon and Wi...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

[1977] - 12 May 1992

Correspondence between Jon Silkin and Herbert Leibowitz, editor of the magazine 'Parnassus: Poetry in Review.' Includes 5 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Leibowitz to Silkin; 3 carbon copy ts ...

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Essay Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1996-1997

This file contains papers assembled by Jon Silkin ca. 1996-1997 with a view to publishing a collection of his critical essays. Includes a copy of 'Stand' 25:4 (autumn 1994), containing 'Gurney's Voice...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1970

Ms and typescript drafts of essay/article concerning the use/role of poetry (Lorna Tracy's ms comments on the ts draft); ms draft chapter (?) on Siegfried Sassoon (probably for 'Out of Battle'); annot...

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