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Corrections and Changes

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1974

Typescript and ms lists of changes and corrections for 'The Principle of Water'.

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A Tyrant Changes the Body: Drafts and Workings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1989-1990

Ms and typescript drafts of the poem 'A Tyrant Changes the Body,' including drafts titled 'A Tyrant Tries to Alter the Body,' 'Trying to Change the Body' and 'The Ear.'

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The Principle of Water

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1970-1975

Papers relating to the collection of poems published as 'The Principle of Water,' including poem drafts; drafts of the collection; lists of corrections and changes; the rejection of the collection by ...

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Gurney Drafts (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1984-1985

Photocopied typescript draft of 'Gurney' with title-page and list of characters, and including ms notes/comments in the hand of Alec (Dave) Bell, and Jon Silkin's ms notes and revisions and notes to L...

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Essays on Lawrence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1982-1985

Photocopied annotated typescripts of essays by Silkin on Lawrence titled 'Parallelism, A Form,' 'Quick Man: D. H. Lawrence's Poetry' and 'Narrative Distances;' ts and photocopied annotated ts drafts ...

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Poem Drafts and Workings (8)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1960-1965

Ms and typescript drafts and workings of the following poems: - The Bugs - Destroy my self ... - Great! - Nature - The old man's eyes moisten with lust ... - The poems of Clare's madness ... -...

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Newcastle Festival

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1960 - 1970

Ts of an address delivered by Silkin at the Newcastle Festival [in the 1960s?], following complaints about a poetry reading by Tom Pickard and Tony Jackson. The content of the address was changed from...

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Poems and Drafts (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1989-1990

Typescript (some annotated) and photocopied drafts and clean copies of the following poems: - Daughter Abandoned - Chrysalid - A Tyrant Changes the Body - In Her Daughter's House (including draft...

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Corrections, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1994

Photocopy and carbon copies of typescript letters from Silkin to Christopher Sinclair-Stevenson (18-20 January 1994) including a long, annotated list of changes and corrections for the new edition of ...

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Gurney Drafts (6)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1984

Annotated typescript drafts of 'Gurney' Act 2, Scene 4 - Act 4, Scene 4. The draft pages are interleaved with pages of lined A4 paper, some of which include ms notes by Jon Silkin regarding changes an...

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Poem Drafts and Workings (5)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1959-1963

Ms and typescript drafts and workings of the following poems: - The Bugs - Choosing - A Communication - The Cunning of an Age - Defined by those discrete ... - 5 Poems of the Near Sane - A Fri...

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Revisions, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Ms notes of titles to add to the Select Bibliography; ms list of sales of hard- and paperback copies of 'Out of Battle' worldwide (dated 27/6/97); ms list relating to permissions for Rosenberg text; c...

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