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Total number of records: 35

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English Literature35
Brotherton Collection34
Leeds Poetry34

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poets as teachers15
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)5
correspondence3
english literaturehistory and2
mythology, norse2
booksreviews1
english drama1
english fiction1
english literature1
english poetry1

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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)35
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn35
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire1
Gatien, Dominique1
Merchant, W Moelwyn1

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From 18001
From 190034

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Manuscript Poem Drafts

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1977

These items were taken from a folder marked 'Poems'. The file includes the following: - 1 A4 sheet of notepaper with the title These poems are not being used - An Unexpected Guest (a shopping list ...

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Notebook 11

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Teaching notebook including manuscript notes and research on the Romantic movement, Wordsworth and Wordsworth's 'Prelude.'

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Untitled Lecture on George Meredith

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1970

This file contains an manuscript of an essay or lecture by Thomas Blackburn on George Meredith's 'Modern Love'.

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Untitled Lecture on W.B. Yeats

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1970

This file contains an manuscript of an essay or lecture by Thomas Blackburn on the work of W.B. Yeats.

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The Tree of Blood

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1953-1954

This file contains 1 x 20 page annotated typescript and 1 x 20 page manuscript of a play written by Thomas Blackburn concerning old Norse mythology, titled 'The Tree of Blood'. The manuscript version ...

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Untitled Lecture on W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1970

This file contains an manuscript of an essay or lecture by Thomas Blackburn on the work of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot.

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Notebook 12

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Teaching notebook including manuscript research notes on John Donne, Elizabeth Barrett-Browning, T.S. Eliot and William Butler Yeats.

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Poem Drafts

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1976

This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems published in Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977): - Post Mortem - Phoebe, Helen, Angela

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Notebook 3

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1975

Teaching notebook containing manuscript notes and research on William Butler Yeats, Tennyson and Norse myths. The cover of the notebook is labelled 'Maud and Idylls. Norsemen.'

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Letters to Jean MacVean

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977); Merchant, W Moelwyn

9 Dec 1989 - 25 Aug 1990

Four letters to Jean MacVean: A typed letter from Keith Critchlow discussing volume 11 of 'Temenos' (25 Aug 1990). Two manuscript letters from William Moelwyn Merchant discussing the poetry journal...

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Notebook

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1947-1949

1 exercise book containing manuscript notes, clippings, and black and white photographs. The clippings include images of paintings by Francis Bacon. The clippings and photographs are occasionally glue...

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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 ...

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