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The Outer Darkness
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1951
This series comprises a single file containing the following typescripts of poems with annotations, later published in Blackburn's collection 'The Outer Darkness' (1951): - The Beast - Lazarus - T...
Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1977
This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of the following poems published in 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980): - Mental Ward - Revenants - Revenants: Psychotic Ward - Gerard Manley ...
Bread For the Winter Birds
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1980
This series contains items relating to Blackburn's posthumous collection 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980), including poem drafts. The volume was a joint project between Blackburn's brother, John, a...
Edited Poem Drafts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains poems edited for inclusion in Blackburn's posthumous collection 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980). Each typescript has been given a number, though the run of numbers is incomplete...
Introduction
Blackburn, Margaret McGuire
c.1980
Typescripts of Margaret Blackburn's introduction to 'Bread For the Winter Birds' (1980). The accompanying letter is unsigned and addressed to Anthony Whitome at Hutchinsons publishers, and indicates t...
Draft Typrescripts
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains two draft typescripts of Bread For the Winter Birds. One is annotated for the printer.
List
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1980
This file contains a hand written list of where individual poems later published in 'Bread For the Winter Birds' were sent .
Reviews
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
1980
This file contains photocopies of newspaper reviews of 'Bread For the Winter Birds' written by John Heath-Stubbs, David Wright and Dick Davis.
Notebook 10
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1945-1975
Teaching and poetry notebook with manuscript research notes on Joseph Conrad, Johnson, Alfred Tennyson and John Donne, that include the following: - Notes and clippings on Conrad's Nostromo and Vict...
Letters to Thomas Blackburn
Brett, Maud
c.1960-1970
1 letter to Thomas Blackburn from Maud Brett, who worked for the Blackburn family.
Notebook 34
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1977
Notebook which contains the following drafts of poems: - Why do you preserve your grief... (untitled, fol. 1, 3-4) - It was two o'clock... (untitled, fol. 4-6) - After those interr[o]gation[s] tha...
Notebook 57
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1950-1977
Notebook containing drafts and notes for poems, including the following: - This is the hand that held the knife (untitled poem, fol.1) - You'll never find the place where it began (untitled poem, f...