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Total number of records: 101

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Leeds Poetry86

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)55
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)101
Dryden, John, 1631-17003
Clutag Press2
Hill, Geoffrey2
Peguy, Charles, 1873-19142
Pound, Ezra, 1885-19722
Church of England1
Coakley, J F1
Coakley, J. F1
Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556)1

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Archive File

Press Articles: The Orchards of Syon

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

2002

This file contains a clipping and photocopied article on Geoffrey Hill published following the UK publication of 'The Orchards of Syon' in 2002. Includes a clipping of David Sexton's article 'The Stro...

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Correspondence with University of Minnesota Press and Penguin

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

2 April 1979 - 28 March 1995

This file contains correspondence between Geoffrey Hill and publishers the University of Minnesota Press and Penguin regarding the publication of an American edition of Brand in 1981, and a new editio...

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Reviews Notebook

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1959-1984

A4 notebook used by Geoffrey Hill as a scrapbook for reviews during the period 1959-1984. Pasted in to the notebook are photocopied reviews of 'For the Unfallen' (October 1959); press clippings concer...

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Notebook 2: Images

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1962-1988

Large blue hardback notebook, with ms title Images on front cover. This is one of two 'images' notebooks in the Geoffrey Hill Archive, compiled by Hill as a prompt for creativity.The first [11] leaves...

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Rupert Brooke

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1972-1973

Press clippings collected by Hill: 'Kathleen Nesbit talks to Michael Elliott about Rupert Brooke' ('The Listener', 20 January 1972), and Vernon Scannell's review of 'The Wipers Times' ('New Statesman'...

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Archive Print Item

The collects of the first English prayer book 1549

Cranmer, Thomas (1489-1556); Coakley, J F; Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016); Jericho Press; Church of England

2002

"Printed by J.F. Coakley at the Jericho Press in July and August 2001 & 2002. The wood-engraved frontispiece is by Jane Lydbury. The type is Monotype Ehrhardt. Fifty copies were printed for subscriber...

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Edmund Burke

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1992

Press clipping from the 'TLS', 4 December 1992, with a review by E.P. Thompson of Conor Cruise O'Brien's biography of Edmund Burke, 'The Great Melody'; and Conor Cruise O'Brien's review of 2 volumes o...

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Archive Series

The Orchards of Syon

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1999-2002

This series comprises of papers relating to Geoffrey Hill's long poem sequence 'The Orchards of Syon', published by Counterpoint in the United States in 2001, and by Penguin in the UK in 2002. Include...

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Letter from Oxford / Pensées

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1952-1954

This file contains 2 mss by Geoffrey Hill dating to the early 1950s. 'Pensées' (1 f) discusses Hill's own poetry; the essay 'Letter from Oxford' (4 ff), includes discussion of 20th century poetry at ...

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Arnold

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1960s

This file contains 2 ms lectures by Geoffrey Hill on Matthew Arnold (6 ff and 7ff); and a small press clipping of a photographic portrait of Arnold. The lectures appear to date from Hill's time at the...

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Gurney's Hobby

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1983-1984

Items relating to Geoffrey Hill's Bateson Memorial Lecture, 'Gurney's Hobby', delivered at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, in 1984. The lecture was subsequently published in 'Essays in Criticism' (htt...

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Teaching and Related Materials

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1953-2005

This subfonds comprises items chiefly relating to Hill's teaching at the Universities of Leeds, Cambridge and Boston. As such, it includes the texts of lectures and lecture notes; but also includes it...

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