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Brotherton Collection28
English Literature27
Leeds Poetry26

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correspondence28
poetry readings8
books reviews3
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)3
poetry translating3
creative writing study and2
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hebrew poetry, modern translating2
interviews2
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)15
Crossley-Holland, Kevin5
Amey, Michael1
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Brown, Megan1
Brown, Wayne1
Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1
Manley, Edna1
Silkin, Jon, 1930-19971

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Archive File

On Biblical Usage in Owen

1985-1994

1 ms letter from Cynthia Miles to Jon Silkin (28 July 1985); photocopy of a word-processed letter from Cynthia Miles to Jon Silkin on the influence of Susan Owen on her son/biblical usage in Owen's po...

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Poets in Public

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1965-1966

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to 'Poets in Public', a group founded in May 1963, and commissioned to present a series of poetry concerts at the 1965 Edinburgh Festival. Includ...

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Contemporary British and Irish Poetry Conference

1996

Papers relating to the Contemporary British and Irish Poetry in the Making conference organised by Wolfgang Görtschacher at the University of Salzburg, 31 October - 3 November 1996. Includes1 ts lett...

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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...

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Hill: Deep But Dazzling Darkness

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996

Programmes for 'A Deep but Dazzling Darkness: English Devotional Poetry for Lent', read by Geoffrey Hill and Alice Goodman at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Boston, 24 March 1996. Held with the program...

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Poem Drafts

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1957-1965

These files contain 5 envelopes marked 'A Mess of Poems'. They contain 163 ff of manuscripts and typescripts, including drafts of the following poems: - On Seeing Ely Cathedral - That Place is Not ...

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Japanese Poems and Translations (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1985-1996

Photocopies of typescript and published translations (many from 'Stand' magazine) of post-war Japanese poems translated variously by Jon Silkin, Kazuya Honda, Leith Morton, Tomoyuki Iino, Lane Dunlop,...

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People in Coffee Houses

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1958

Papers relating to Jon Silkin's radio broadcast People in Coffee Houses, transmitted on the BBC Home Service on 20 January 1958 as programme no. 4 in the 'People Today' series. Includes a ts script of...

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Wayne Brown Archive

Brown, Wayne

1911-1980

Comprises: manuscript and typescript drafts of poems collected in Brown's first poetry collection, On the Coast (1972); manucript and typescript drafts of miscellaneous poems by Brown dating to the 19...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1989-2000

Correspondence relating to the publication of 'The New Exeter Book of Riddles.' Includes 1 file of correspondence between co-editors Kevin Crossley-Holland and Lawrence Sail; 1 file of correspondence ...

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Preparation for a New Edition

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1986-1987

Papers relating to Silkin's work in the immediate aftermath of the Chatto/Stallworthy dispute to prepare for publication a new edition of the poetry of Wilfred Owen. Includes a carbon copy typescript ...

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World Poetry Festival, Canada

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1990-1991

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to Crossley-Holland's attendance at the World Poetry Festival, Canada in 1991. Includes correspondence (12 items), travel documents, festival lit...

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