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Total number of records: 29
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Miscellaneous Prose
c.1992-1993
Ms prose poem identified as a narration for a walk along the south coast in ITV programme ‘End of England’, produced by Dominic Savage (1 f); ms notes for a review of a Sheffield poetry reading (3...
Miscellaneous Prose
c.1991-1999
Ms prose draft on science and writing (1 f); ts review of a reading by Indian writers in Bradford (2 ff); ts ‘The A-Z Rough Guide for Readers’ (for Waterstones desk diary); ts review of Jeremy Sea...
Published work
c.1986-2006
This section of the Simon Armitage Archive comprises of papers relating to published works by Armitage, including poetry collections, prose and drama. The arrangement is chronological by publication.
1. Drafts.
1994
Annotated and clean typescript drafts of Simon Armitage’s contributions to Moon Country, including poetry and prose (173 ff). A contents list is also held in the file.
Notebooks
.1992-2004
This section of the Simon Armitage Archive comprises notebooks containing ms drafts of poetry, prose and drama by Simon Armitage. The notebooks generally contain drafts relating to more than one work.
Notebook 2
c.1994-1996
Bound A6 notebook with dark blue cover. Contains draft poem ‘Double Figures’; drafts of poems published in The Dead Sea Poems (1995) including ‘A Meteorite’, ‘Hip Flask’, ‘Stations of th...
Lectures, articles and reviews
c.1992-2004
Papers relating chiefly to prose writing by Simon Armitage, including articles and essays, reviews, short stories and lectures and talks, and comprising of ms and typescript drafts and clean copies. I...
Notebook 5
c.1995-1996
Bound A4 notebook with blue cover. Only the first 16 leaves at the front, and the last 18 leaves have been used. There are some ms notes on the front and back endpapers. From the front, the notebook c...
Moon Country
1994-1996
Papers relating to Moon Country (London: Faber, 1996), a collection of poetry, prose and reportage by Simon Armitage and Glyn Maxwell written during a trip to Iceland in 1994. The journey undertaken b...
Purple
no.3 (summer 1999) Format size changes with issue no.7 from 16 x 22 to 20 x 28 cm. Imprint changes with issue no.6 to Purple Institute. Formed from the merger of Purple prose (1992-1998) and Pu...
4. Miscellaneous Items
c.1994-1995
Manuscript draft poem "Walter M. Lax-Image” in the hands of Simon Armitage and Glyn Maxwell (the title is an anagram of the two surnames); ms draft letter and prose account of the visit to Iceland, ...
Notebook 4
c.1994-1996
Bound A4 notebook with floral pattern. Only the first 13 leaves at the front, the last 9 leaves at the back, and the front and back endpapers have been used. From the front, the notebook contains draf...