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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...