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Brotherton Collection35
English Literature35
Leeds Poetry35

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books reviews35
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)10
proofs (printing)6
correspondence5
world war, 1914-1918 literature history and3
autobiography2
english poetry 20th century history and criticism2
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)2
little magazines2
radio scripts2

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Sassoon Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1983

Ms bibliographical references for reviews of Siegfried Sassoon's poetry dating between 1918 and 1930; and photocopies of reviews of Sassoon's 'Counter-Attack and Other Poems' from the 'Times Literary ...

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Seamus Heaney Review

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1972

Typescript review of Seamus Heaney's collection 'Wintering Out.'

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Review of Collected Works

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

20 April 1979

Copy of New Statesman, 20 April 1979, including Silkin's review of 'The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg,' edited by Ian Parsons (London: Hogarth Press, 1979).

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Review of Collected Works

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979

Items relating to Silkin's review of 'The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg,' edited by Ian Parsons (1979). Includes 2 annotated typescript drafts of the review (one a carbon copy); a corrected proof...

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Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1987-1988

Photocopy of a short ms list of contacts in Israel to send review copies of 'Out of Battle' (?); and press cuttings and photocopies of Derek Mahon's review of 'Out of Battle' from the 'Irish Times' (2...

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Reviews of The Peaceable Kingdom

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1954

Copy of 'Zebra' magazine, no. 11 (December 1954), including a review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' by Hugh Creighton Hill (pp. 28-29); ts review of 'The Peaceable Kingdom' headed 'Animal, Vegetable or Mi...

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Response to a Review

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1972

Carbon copy of a typescript letter from Jon Silkin to the Editor of 'Outposts' magazine, in response to a review of 'Amana Grass' by Anne Tibble ( 'Outposts' 92, spring 1972). The letter discusses the...

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Killhope Wheel

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca.

Papers relating to the publication of 'Killhope Wheel.' Includes page proofs of the poems marked up in ms for the printer in red pen and pencil, and with page numbers 26-39 in pencil in the top right ...

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Time and Tide Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1961

Press cuttings of 2 book reviews by Jon Silkin for 'Time and Tide' magazine. Includes a review of poetry collections by G. Hough and I.C. Smith (20 April 1961); and a review of poetry collections by R...

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Reviews of Poems New and Selected

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1966-1968

Photocopies of reviews of 'Poems New and Selected' as published by Wesleyan University Press from various newspapers and periodicals in the United States. Includes reviews by Ralph J. Mills Jr ('Poetr...

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Critics and the Literature of the First World War

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1987

Corrected typescript and carbon copy ts drafts of Silkin's review article 'Critics and the Literature of the First World War,' and a photocopy of the article as it appeared in 'British Book News' (Nov...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1995-1996

Annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's essay 'One Reader's Stand,' on reading poetry; a photocopied ts draft of the short article 'Stand Magazine: A Curious History;' ms and ts drafts of the essay 'M...

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