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Leeds Poetry77

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)25
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)28
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)15
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn15
Crossley-Holland, Kevin7
Andre Deutsch Ltd5
Brown, Wayne2
Penguin Books2
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)2
Various2
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Reviews of the Psalms With Their Spoils

1980-1982

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'The Psalms With Their Spoils.'. Includes photocopies and press cuttings of reviews by Peter Mortimer (unidentified publication); Edna L...

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Mixed Criticism (3)

c.1984-1996

Photocopies of biographical information and collected short critical articles on Jon Silkin from 'Contemporary Literary Criticism,' vol. 43; William A. Johnsen's essay, 'The Treacherous Years of Postm...

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Péguy Drafts

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1980-1982

File containing original and photocopies of drafts towards 'The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy'. Includes: - Typescript drafts with ms revisions of parts 9 and 10; pages variously numbered...

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Notebook 35

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1976

Exercise book labelled 'Readings', and containing personal notes, autobiographical information, letters and poetry as follows: - Personal notes about meanings of own poetry (fol. 1-3) - Pain(fol. 3...

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Notebook 37

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1975

Notebook including critical notes on Shakespeare's 'Richard III', Emily Bronte's 'Wuthering Heights' and the following poem drafts: - Billions Attack(fol. 8-9) - I will be looking through our cotta...

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Notebook 56

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1955-1956

Notebook containing drafts of poems and a fragment of a play. Many of the drafts are related to Notebook 55: - If I am I (untitled poem, fol.1. See also Notebook 55) - I mean by daring men (untitle...

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Notebook 42

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1970-1977

Notebook containing autobiographical prose and drafts of poems, as follows: - Autobiographical prose (fol. 1-2) - My wife has returned from Sweden... (untitled poem, fol. 3-4) - In a brown coat an...

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Notebook 37: Canaan

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1993-1994

Black hardback notebook; ms label on front cover 'Work in Progress 8 - 18/8/93-17/3/94 - Drafts & Jottings'. Dated in ms on inside front cover '18-9-93-17/3/94'. The inside front cover also contains a...

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Notebook 38: Canaan

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1994

Black hardback notebook; ms label on front cover 'Work in Progress 9 - 17/3/94-18-8-84 - Drafts & Jottings'. Dated in ms on inside front cover '17/3/94-18/8/94'. The notebook pages are numbered in ms ...

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George Eliot

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1954-1980

This file contains items relating to Hill's teaching on George Eliot at the University of Leeds. Includes: - ms lecture George Eliot and the Rhetoric of Dilemma (11 ff); - typescript lecture/semina...

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Notebook 54

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

July 1952

Notebook containing drafts of the following poems: - The Denial - To the Spectator - Further Scenes from Childhood(fol. 3-6) - Gilles de Raiz(fol. 7-9. Published The Holy Stone(1954) - A visit h...

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T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1988

This file contains the text of Geoffrey Hill's T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture, delivered at the University of Leeds on 8 December 1988, and related items. Includes: - ms lecture (17 ff; untitled); - ...

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