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Total number of records: 46

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Brotherton Collection45
English Literature45
Leeds Poetry43

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poets as teachers24
poetics7
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correspondence5
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autobiography2
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mythology, norse2
parapsychology2
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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)46
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn46
Blackburn, Thomas2
Blackburn, Margaret Mcguire1
Blackburn, Thomas, 1916-19771
Gatien, Dominique1
Merchant, W Moelwyn1

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Archive File

The Poet and Blindness

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

10 February 1962

This file contains a 4 page radio script for a broadcast by Thomas Blackburn for the BBC Home Service as part of their 'World of Books' series. It was transmitted on Saturday 10th February 1962. The b...

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The Poet and the Myth

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1962

This file contains two typescripts of an essay or lecture titled 'The Poet and the Myth' or 'The Modern Poet and the Myth,'which discusses Thomas Blackburn's own poetry and the inspiration behind it. ...

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Three American Poets

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1967

This file contains a clipping of a review article by Thomas Blackburn about the following books: - Bly, Robert Silence in the Snowy Fields(London: Cape, 1967) - Arberry, JohnSelected Poems(London: ...

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Poets Reading, No. 7

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

Summer, 1962

Sound recording on a 7 inch vinyl disc of Thomas Blackburn and Kingsley Amis reading poems from their collections 'A Smell of Burning' and 'The Evans Country' respectively, for Jupiter Recordings' 'Po...

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In memory of Thomas Blackburn : February 10th 1916 to August 13th 1977

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1977

"Collected and published by John Cumming... for friends of Thomas Blackburn, on the occasion of a memorial service on All Souls Day, 2 November 1977"--p. [12].

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Archive Series

Appointments

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1973

This series contains documents relating to Thomas Blackburn's career aside from being an author and poet.

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Programme

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1977

A programme for the 24th Stratford-Upon-Avon Poetry Festival. Thomas Blackburn appeared in a group of poets commissioned to write a poem in honour of Shakespeare.

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Education Conference, Aberdeen College of Education

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1968

This file contains papers from a conference at Aberdeen College of Education, where Thomas Blackburn was invited to speak on the practical criticism of verse in November 1968. It includes two lectures...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1951-1988

This subfonds contains items concerned with Thomas Blackburn's poetry collections and published poems. It includes corrected proof copies of published volumes of poetry collections, typescripts of col...

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Poetry Collected by Thomas Blackburn

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1954-1962

This file contains pamphlets of poetry collected by Blackburn. They include the Guinness Poetry Award 1957-1958, signed by the poet David Wright; typescript poem 'Birds of Hell' by Edwin Webb; a copy ...

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Notebook 14

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1967

Notebook containing manuscript critical notes on Alfred Tennyson, Thomas Addison, Richard Steele and John Donne. Also includes notes for the anthology 'Gift of Tongues' (1967) . Pages of interest are ...

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