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Total number of records: 102

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection102
English Literature102
Leeds Poetry102

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
books reviews102
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)46
correspondence21
proofs (printing)14
book covers4
interviews3
little magazines3
world war, 1914-1918 literature history and3
authors and publishers2
autobiography2

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)35
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)28
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)2
Brown, Merle E (1925-)1
Harrison, Tony (1937-)1
Weissbort, Daniel1

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World of Books Reviews

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

c.1964-1965

6 carbon copy typescript reviews by Scannell for BBC Radio's World of Books programme. Includes reviews of Stanley Middleton's 'Him They Compelled' (1964); Iris Murdoch's 'The Italian Girl' and Elizab...

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Review of Moses: A Play

1991

Photocopy of Stephen Massil's review of Isaac Rosenberg's 'Moses: A Play' (London: Imperial War Museum, 1990), from 'Jewish Book News and Reviews,' vol. 6 no. 2 (summer 1991). The review is accompanie...

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Time and Tide Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1961

Press cuttings of 2 book reviews by Jon Silkin for 'Time and Tide' magazine. Includes a review of poetry collections by G. Hough and I.C. Smith (20 April 1961); and a review of poetry collections by R...

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Canaan: Reviews

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1997

Copies of reviews of 'Canaan' faxed to Hill including a review by John Lucas ('The New Statesman',13 December 1996) combined with review of 'Agenda', vol. 34 no. 2 (1996); a review from 'Publishers We...

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Radio Review of The Principle of Water

c.1974-1975

Carbon copy typescript broadcast script for Marius Webb's programme 'Books and Ideas', featuring a review of 'The Principle of Water' by Kerry Macrae. The front page of the script is headed 'Australia...

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Notebooks

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

c.1964-1967

2 notebooks containing Vernon Scannell's ms drafts and notes for reviews, broadcast talks, etc.Blue notebook labelled 'Reviews, broadcast talks, etc.' contains the following: - Review of Irish Murdo...

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Reviews of Tenebrae

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1978-1980

This file contains photocopies of reviews of 'Tenebrae'. Includes 2 photocopies of a review by Edwin Morgan from 'The Listener' (7 June 1979); a photocopied page with reviews by John Heath-Stubbs from...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1956-1958

Ms draft book review (on verso of typed Silkin poem 'Easter Day: Victim'); first page (?) of an essay/article on the contemporary dispute in English poetry and the New Lines/Mavericks anthologies; ms ...

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Critics and the Literature of the First World War

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1987

Corrected typescript and carbon copy ts drafts of Silkin's review article 'Critics and the Literature of the First World War,' and a photocopy of the article as it appeared in 'British Book News' (Nov...

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Reviews

1979-1982

Reviews of and references to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes cuttings reporting on Silkin's residencies in County Durham and Peterborough (1979) and information about readings i...

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Reviews of Péguy

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1983-1985

Photocopies of reviews of 'The Mystery of the Charity of Charles Péguy,' as published by Agenda Editions / André Deutsch, including: - Review by Martin Booth from Tribune (1 July 1983) - Review b...

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Open University: Essays on Geoffrey Hill

23 July 1982 - [1986]

31 items of correspondence and other items chiefly relating to 'Geoffrey Hill: Essays on His Work', edited by Peter Robinson, and published by the Open University Press in 1985. Includes: - 3 ms let...

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