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Brotherton Collection7
English Literature7
Leeds Poetry7

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authors political and social3
politics and literature3
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)2
autobiography1
books and reading1
books reviews1
essays1
france history 1789-19001
interviews1
jamaica history1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Brown, Wayne1
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)1

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Letters to Jon Silkin

4 May 1955 - 4 November 1957

Letters from the Streatham Synagogue Sicha Society to Jon Silkin, including 1 ms letter from A.B. Osborne, and 3 ts letters from S. Mundy. The correspondence relates to the Society's Annual Literary D...

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Lecture Notes (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970s

Ts lecture notes with title 'Narrative & Image'; ts lecture notes titled 'Modern British Poetry'; ms notes on Roy Fisher; ts and duplicated copies of poems by Isaac Rosenberg, Siegfried Sassoon and Wi...

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Poetry and Socialism

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1962-1972

Photocopies of David Craig's article 'The New Poetry of Socialism' ('New Left Review' 17, Winter 1962) and Stanley Mitchell's 'Romanticism and Socialism' ('New Left Review' 19, March/April 1963); clip...

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Prologue

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This series contains information processed by Brown for the prologue to 'Edna Manley: The Private Years, 1900-1938', as follows: - 1 file of 16 typescript sheets of political information about Jamai...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

[1977] - 12 May 1992

Correspondence between Jon Silkin and Herbert Leibowitz, editor of the magazine 'Parnassus: Poetry in Review.' Includes 5 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Leibowitz to Silkin; 3 carbon copy ts ...

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Essay Collection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1996-1997

This file contains papers assembled by Jon Silkin ca. 1996-1997 with a view to publishing a collection of his critical essays. Includes a copy of 'Stand' 25:4 (autumn 1994), containing 'Gurney's Voice...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1970

Ms and typescript drafts of essay/article concerning the use/role of poetry (Lorna Tracy's ms comments on the ts draft); ms draft chapter (?) on Siegfried Sassoon (probably for 'Out of Battle'); annot...

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