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Total number of records: 6

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Brotherton Collection6
English Literature6
Leeds Poetry6

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radio scripts6
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)4
correspondence4
books reviews2
radio and literature2
radio broadcasting2
australian poetry 20th1
blindness in literature1
english poetry 20th century history and criticism1
exhibitions reviews1

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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn1

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The Poet and Blindness

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

10 February 1962

This file contains a 4 page radio script for a broadcast by Thomas Blackburn for the BBC Home Service as part of their 'World of Books' series. It was transmitted on Saturday 10th February 1962. The b...

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Mixed Prose, Criticism and Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1980

This file contains ms and typescript drafts of critical essays/articles, reviews and other prose by Jon Silkin. Includes ts and copy drafts of reviews of poetry collections by Patrick Galvin (ca. 1979...

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Poetry Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1960-1969

Typescript (carbon copy) drafts of an essay/article titled 'The Poetry of George Barker;' an essay/article on the poetry of Edmund Blunden (lacking the first page); and an article on the poetry of Dyl...

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Radio Broadcast of Footsteps on the Downcast Path

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1984

Items relating to the radio broadcast of Jon Silkin reading 'Footsteps on the Downcast Path' on 18 October 1984. Includes ms and typescript drafts of Silkin's introduction to the poem; a copy of the s...

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Radio Scripts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1977-1979

This file contains copies of typescript radio scripts for broadcasts of poems from 'The Psalms With Their Spoils' by the BBC. Includes an unmarked script for 'Joy Lined With Metal', including an intro...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1980-1988

Annotated typescript drafts of Silkin's essay, 'Geoffrey Hill: My Subject was War and My Pity of It,' accompanied by typescript additions and corrections to the paper and related correspondence betwee...

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