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Total number of records: 961

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Top 10: People and organisations

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Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)142
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)89
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)54
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)38
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn38
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)22
Crossley-Holland, Kevin11
Hunt, James Henry Leigh10
Cowden Clarke, Charles6
Stoker, Bram6

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To a Poet’s Biographer - Geoffrey Grigson

1965

TS, 1f. With editorial markings. Published TLS, 1965, p.1126

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'Soldier Poets'

1914-1918

Photocopy of an anonymous compilation of 'Soldier Poets' [See article in 'The Poppy and the Owl', April 1998 by the donor]. Donor, Patrick Scott, Professor of English Literature and Special Collectio...

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Photographs of poets

Photographs of poets, including (prints unless otherwise stated): Ray Campbell Charles Causley R. Conquest Herbert Corby R. N. Currey Paul Dehn (2 images, with letter dated 5 Apr 1965)

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The Living Poet

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1965-1979

3 photocopies of the script as recorded for the BBC's Third Network programme 'The Living Poet', written and read by Geoffrey Hill (14 ff), and broadcast on 5 September 1965. One copy includes ms anno...

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The Poet and Blindness

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

10 February 1962

This file contains a 4 page radio script for a broadcast by Thomas Blackburn for the BBC Home Service as part of their 'World of Books' series. It was transmitted on Saturday 10th February 1962. The b...

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The Poet and the Myth

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1962

This file contains two typescripts of an essay or lecture titled 'The Poet and the Myth' or 'The Modern Poet and the Myth,'which discusses Thomas Blackburn's own poetry and the inspiration behind it. ...

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War Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970s

Typescript list 'Poems to be used for 'War Poets' ' and photocopies; photocopies of published poems by Ivor Gurney, Wilfred Owen, Herbert Read, Wilhelm Kremm, August Stramm, Siegfried Sassoon and Isa...

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On Leeds Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1958-1964

Ms draft script for a radio program introduced by Silkin on poets connected with the University of Leeds. Features discussion of and poems by James Simmons, Bill Ireland and Tony Harrison.

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Hill: Poets on Poetry

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1986

This file contains items relating to reviews and interviews by Hill. Includes: - an offprint of Hill's review article Robert Lowell: Contrasts and Repetitions, from Essays in Criticism, vol. 13 no. ...

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Publisher and Poet Forms

February 1968

Duplicated typescript circular letters sent out to publishers and poets as part of the procedure of arranging to make recordings for the Poetry Room. The publishers' letter concerns copyright; the poe...

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“The English Poets”

1914

Bound MS, added to title: “The original Manuscripts of the introductions written by Sir Edmund Gosse, C.B. For Ward’s edition of English Poets’’; 9 individually paginated introductions, with v...

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The Poet Speaks (Various)

Various

c.1963-1964

Audio recordings of interviews with 8 poets conducted by Peter Orr as part of the British Council's The Poet Speaks series.[Side 1; Interview 1]: Peter Orr interviews Hilary Corke.[Side 1; Interview 2...

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