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Reviews and Criticism
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1965-1972
This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews and criticism of Silkin's work, focussing mainly on the collection 'Amana Grass'. Includes reviews and criticism of the collection and indi...
Response to a Review
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1972
Carbon copy of a typescript letter from Jon Silkin to the Editor of 'Outposts' magazine, in response to a review of 'Amana Grass' by Anne Tibble ( 'Outposts' 92, spring 1972). The letter discusses the...
Jon Silkin: Herbert Read
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1966
Typescript chapter on Herbert Read, for Silkin's book Out of Battle: Poetry of the Great War (1972). A brief note from Silkin asks Read if he can look at the draft and raise any questions at their for...
Oxford University Press Edition
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1959-1981
Papers relating to 'Out of Battle' as published by Oxford University Press in 1972 and 1978. Includes a set of index cards recording themes and bibliographic details, ms and typescript notes, extensiv...
Poem Drafts and Workings (5)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1969-1973
Typescript drafts of the following poems: - Beneath the hedgerows, the songbirds are dead ... (dated January 1972 and marked up in ms for printing) - The Clay Image - Lovers - That bright morning...
Killhope Wheel
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
ca.
Papers relating to the publication of 'Killhope Wheel.' Includes page proofs of the poems marked up in ms for the printer in red pen and pencil, and with page numbers 26-39 in pencil in the top right ...
Out of Battle
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
1959-1997
Papers relating to Silkin's critical work on the poetry of the First World War, 'Out of Battle.'Silkin states in the Preface to 'Out of Battle' that he started work on the volume in 1959, the year of ...
Poem Drafts (2)
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1972-1974
Typescript and ms drafts of poems published in 'The Principle of Water'. The poems include: - A Strand from Caedmon - The bird is ligamented ... - A Shetland Poem - Three Shetland Poems - Some W...
Poems in Periodicals, Etc.: 1970s
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1970-1979
This file contains one copy of 'Lines Review,' no. 33 (July 1970) with Silkin's poems 'Reclaimed Area,' 'Jaffa, and Other Places,' 'Bull-God'and 'Five Cemetery Poems;' two copies of 'Stand,' v. 16, ...
Jon Silkin Archive
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1947-2003
This collection represents the archives of Jon Silkin, the poet and founding editor of 'Stand' magazine. It comprises items relating to Silkin's career from the early days of 'Stand' (1952) and the pu...
Edward Hicks/The Peaceable Kingdom
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)
c.1973-1984
This series comprises items relating to Jon Silkin's writing on Edward Hicks, and in particular his series of paintings titled The Peaceable Kingdom. Includes drafts of the essay and papers relating t...