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M.P.T.
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1963-1973
This file contains items predominantly relating to modern poetry in translation. Includes issues 1 and 2 of the periodical 'Modern Poetry in Translation' (1965-1966); typescript English translations o...
Letters to Jon Silkin
c.1970s
Ms note on compliments slip from Peter Jay of Anvil Press Poetry, accompanied by a press cutting from a Romanian newspaper with a translation of Silkin's 'Caring for Animals.'
Letters to Jon Silkin and Press Cuttings
31 March 1977 - [June] 1984
1 typescript letter and 8 ms letters from the Israeli poet, author and editor Moshe Dor to Jon Silkin. 5 of the letters are accompanied by press cuttings and/or photocopies of Hebrew translations of S...
Spenser
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1971-1974
Typescript transcript of Spenser's 'Amoretti - Sonnet LXVIII', with Hill's ms annotations; and clippings of reviews of Frank Kermode's 'Shakespeare, Spenser, Donne' by Denis Donoghue ('The Listener', ...
The Schoolgirl
17 July 1991 - 13 April 1992
Papers relating to Lane Dunlop's translation of Osamu Dazai's 'The Schoolgirl'. Includes 2 typescript postcards and 1 ts letter to Jon Silkin from Dunlop, and 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Du...
Israel / Mishkenot Sha'ananim
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
March 1980 - August 1980
Papers relating to Jon Silkin's visit to Israel in 1980, and in particular relating to a lecture delivered by Silkin at Tel-Aviv University, and reaction to it in the Israeli press. Controversy arose ...
Dryden
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1965-1973
Ms lecture 'Dryden II' (13 ff); ff. X-XIII of an ms lecture on Dryden; 1 f reading notes on Milton ('Paradise Regained'); clippings of article 'Some Suppressed Verses in Dryden's Translation of Juvena...
Gascoyne
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1957-1972
Ms lecture on David Gascoyne ([13] ff); David Wright's article 'Social Accomplishment', extracted from 'Encounter', 41 (February 1957); and clippings of Kenneth Clark's 'The Skin of Our Teeth' ('The L...
Ben Dorain
1986-1990
Papers relating to the Northern House reprint of Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Duncan Ban Macintyre's 'Ben Dorain' (originally published by Akros in 1969). Includes 4 ms letters and 1 typescrip...
Ibsen
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)
1971-1980
2 ff typescript notes on Rilke and Ibsen, with ms note [to Hill] from Fred Bridgham of the University of Leeds' German Department (22 October 1980); photocopied excerpts showing varying translations o...
Poems to Eimhir
8 March 1971 - 20 January 1988
Papers relating to Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean's [i.e. Somhairle MacGill-Eain] 'Poems to Eimhir'. Includes 7 typescript letters from Giles Gordon at publishers Goll...
Contracts and Royalties
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
1966-1976
This series comprises a single file containing the following items: - Contract with Putnam & Co. Ltd for An Anthology of English Verse 1945-60. - Contract (28 February 1966) for an untitled literar...