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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)130
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Archive File

Poetry Library Audio Collection

University of Leeds - Poetry Room

c.1988-1989

Photocopied word-processed list of audio cassettes and video recordings held in the Poetry Library Audio Collection in the School of English.

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Canaan: US Edition

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1997

This file contains papers relating to the American Edition of Geoffrey Hill's 'Canaan', published by Houghton Mifflin in 1997. Includes 2 typescript letter from Christopher Carduff to Hill (19 Novembe...

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National Poetry Secretariat: Correspondence, Etc.

[1976?] - 31 January 1983

Correspondence and other items relating to financial assistance sought and received by the Leeds Poetry Room from the National Poetry Secretariat (NPS). Includes an ms note from Ken Smith to William W...

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Drafts of New Poems 1985-

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1985-1998

This file contains drafts of poems at various stages, which were subsequently published in 'Canaan'. The drafts are either typescript or photocopied typescript, many with ms revisions and annotations....

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Notes on Poem Selection

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1979-1980

Ms notes in Silkin's hand, including a list of book and poems titles, numbers of pages, etc. This is possiby an initial selection of work for Silkin's 'Selected Poems' (1980). Accompanied by other ms ...

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Poem Drafts

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1976

This file contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems published in Blackburn's collection 'Post Mortem' (1977): - Post Mortem - Phoebe, Helen, Angela

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1984-1987

This file contain correspondence relating to 'Waterslain', comprising 143 letters covering the years 1984-1987, grouped into the following categories: - Hutchinson - Gaff Rig - Deborah Rogers

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Drafts: Ajuga

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1982-1984

Annotated typescript drafts of the poem 'Ajuga,' including drafts titled 'Here.'

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Inside the Gentian: Drafts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1987-1988

Ms and typescript drafts of the poem 'Inside the Gentian', some of which have the titles 'In the Gentian's Space', 'Gentian', and 'Bavarian Gentian'. The drafts are undated, but Silkin's use of the ba...

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Poem Drafts and Workings (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1992-1995

Ms and typescript drafts of and workings towards poems published in 'Making a Republic.' The poems include: - Permission to Weep - Printing Radio Stations on Glass at Lee Green - In the Lithuanian...

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Archive Series

Canaan

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1985-1998

This series comprises of papers relating to Geoffrey Hill's collection 'Canaan', published by Penguin in 1996. It includes extensive drafts, at various stages, of the poems collected in 'Canaan'; clea...

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Selected Poems (1980)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979-1983

Papers relating to the collection 'Selected Poems', published by Routledge & Kegan Paul in 1980. The collection included poems from 'The Peaceable Kingdom' (1954), 'The Two Freedoms' (1958), 'The Re-O...

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