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Prose, Criticism, Reviews: 1980s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1978-1988
This series comprises mixed prose, criticism and reviews written by Jon Silkin in the 1980s. The vast majority of the subject matter of the essays, articles and reviews in the series concerns contempo...
Wordsworth: The Story of Stories
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1981
This file contains an annotated typescript draft of Silkin's essay 'Wordsworth: the story of stories,' which discusses narrative in Wordsworth's poetry with reference to Coleridge, and includes discus...
On Emily Dickinson
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1980s
Ms list of references and ms drafts on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and in particular her links with the metaphysical tradition.
Mixed Prose and Criticism (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1984-1986
Typescripts of a short item on Basil Bunting's 'Briggflatts' and a letter in response to A.S. Byatt's review of a production of Shelley's 'The Cenci' in the 'Times Literary Supplement' (May 1985); mul...
Mixed Prose and Criticism (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1988
Annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's essay, 'Geoffrey Hill: My Subject was War and My Pity of It,' accompanied by typescript additions and corrections to the paper and related correspondence betwee...
Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1980-1983
Ms and annotated typescript drafts of an essay on David Gascoyne, with Gascoyne's comments in a letter dated 9 September 1981; typescript essay 'Sidney Keyes: the scroll and its distinctions,' and a p...
Essays on Lawrence
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1982-1985
Photocopied annotated typescripts of essays by Silkin on Lawrence titled 'Parallelism, A Form,' 'Quick Man: D. H. Lawrence's Poetry' and 'Narrative Distances;' ts and photocopied annotated ts drafts ...
Lawrence: Reference Material
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1979-1987
Duplicated ts collections of quotations and poems by D.H. Lawrence, marked 'University Property,' 'Copyright' (in the hand of Geoffrey Hill?); photocopy of a reproduction of D.H. Lawrence's Introduct...
Beake Review
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1988
This file contains an annotated typescript draft of a review of a collection of poetry and translations by Fred Beake (possibly 'The Fisher Queen'); and part (?) of an ms draft/notes introducing Anne ...
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...
Mixed Prose and Criticism (4)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980
File of photocopied articles and papers by Silkin including the Introduction to the 'Stand' anthology 'Poetry of the Committed Individual', 3 of Silkin's Editorials from 'Stand' (1973-1974), his essay...