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Amber: Drafts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1986-1987
Ms and typescript drafts of the poem 'Amber', including drafts titled 'Whatever you decide', 'A poem based on the principles of seduction', and 'Heat'. The drafts are undated, but Silkin's use of the ...
Poem Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1950s - early 1960s
Typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom': 'No Land Like It;'
Into Praising
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1978
Photocopied page proofs for the poem 'Into Praising', as published in pamphlet form by the Ceolfrith Press in 1978. The photocopied pages are accompanied by a compliments slip from an anonymous corres...
Interview with Jon Silkin
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1984-1986
Photocopy of a typed transcript of an interview with Jon Silkin conducted by an unknown interviewer, with Silkin's ms corrections/annotations/revisions. The interview was undertaken shortly before a p...
Chapter 6: Basil Bunting
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1995
Corrected, word-processed version of Chapter 6 of 'The Life of Metrical and Free Verse,' titled 'Basil Bunting and his Briggflatts.' The chapter was originally identified as Chapter Seven; corrected i...
The Peaceable Kingdom
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1950-1975
Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Peaceable Kingdom', including poems and drafts, reviews, and royalty statements.
Poem Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1970-1975
Silkin's ms lists of poems for inclusion in 'The Principle of Water', and annotated typescript drafts of poems 'A Strand from Caedmon', 'The bird is ligamented...', 'Air that pricks earth...' (from 'T...
Poem Drafts (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1980-1982
Ms and typescript drafts of poems published in 'The Ship's Pasture'. The poems include: - A Paradigm - Absence and Light - The Wanderer - Crossing a River - Unused To
Four Related Poems: Drafts
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1989-1990
Ms and typescript drafts of poems in the sequence 'Four Related Poems', namely 'A black huge butterfly', 'Flypaper', 'Beings' and 'Aching to Survive'. One of the drafts of 'Flypaper' includes an ms no...
Poem Drafts and Workings (1)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1991-1992
Ms and typescript drafts of and workings towards poems published in 'Making a Republic.' Includes: - My Father's Mother - Ms workings towardsThe Fathers - Father, a Son - The Fireflies of Minsk(i...
Exhibition Catalogue: Drafts and Proofs
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1959
Drafts and proofs of items included in the Rosenberg exhibition catalogue, including an annotated typescript draft and 4 clean duplicated typescripts of Silkin's essay 'The Poetry of Isaac Rosenberg';...
Poem Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
early 1950s
Typescript drafts of 9 poems published in 'The Peaceable Kingdom'. The poems include ms corrections in Silkin's hand, and ms annotations and comments in a second, unidentified hand.