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Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)10
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn10
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)4
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Tenebrae: Draft Collection

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1977-1978

Largely clean typescript draft of Geoffrey Hill's poetry collection 'Tenebrae'. Includes title-page, epigraph, poems in the order in which they appear in the published work, and acknowledgments. The p...

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Notebook 52

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1951-1954

Notebook labelled '1951 Post 'Outer Darkness' ', containing drafts of the following poems: - Jacob(Inside front cover) - The Newcomers(fol. 1-2) - Samson(fol. 2-3) - Jacob(fol. 3-4. Revision of ...

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Notebook 19

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1945-1977

Teaching notebook including critical notes on the English method, Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Percy Bysshe Shelley, tragedy and Thomas Hardy. Drafts by Blackburn contained in the notebook are as foll...

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Notebook 18

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1970-1977

Teaching and poetry notebook with teaching notes on Jacobeans and Jacobean drama and William Wordsworth. It contains the following: - A timetable for teaching classes (front endpaper) - Names of B....

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Notebook 51

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1940-1951

Notebook containing drafts of the following poems: - Consciousness(fol. 1) - J.A.B(fol. 1) - Morning turns the event between subtle fingers (untitled poem, fol. 2) - His head rolled forward on hi...

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Notebook 45

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1975

Notebook containing draft poems, prose notes and critical notes. These include the following: - I still suppose they go on for a few years more (untitled poem, inside front cover) - I would if it w...

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Notebook 30

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1930-1931

Notebook dated 1930-31, containing the following drafts of poetry and prose: - If you give your whole mind to a thing... (untitled poem, fol. 1) - The Christian(fol. 1-2) - Repressions(fol. 3) - ...

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Poems From For the Unfallen to Without Title

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1 February 2006

Audio recording produced by the Clutag Press, of Geoffrey Hill reading his own poetry at the Sheldonian Theatre, University of Oxford, on 1 February 2006: - Tr.1. [Introduction] - Tr.2. Hill introd...

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Silkin on Silkin, and Silkin on Owen

Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008)

1992-2003

Video recording of 2 readings/talks by Jon Silkin.The first recording is titled 'Silkin on Silkin: Jon Silkin talks about his life and reads a selection of his poems', and was recorded by Adrian Mitch...

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Notebook 49

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1975

Notebook containing autobiographical prose, draft poems and personal notes: - Autobiographical prose (fol. 1-8, 9-16) - Last Night (fol. 8) - Grandma Florence... (untitled poem, fol. 8-9) - Final...

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Notebook 38: Canaan

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1994

Black hardback notebook; ms label on front cover 'Work in Progress 9 - 17/3/94-18-8-84 - Drafts & Jottings'. Dated in ms on inside front cover '17/3/94-18/8/94'. The notebook pages are numbered in ms ...

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Notebook 17

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1956-1957

Poetry notebook which containing drafts of the following poems: - Only I am breft (untitled poem and notes fol. 1) - I do not think the dawn will ever break (untitled poem fol. 1-3) - Connubial(fo...

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