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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)14
Silkin, Jon2
Casken, John (1949-)1
International Cultural Society of Korea1
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Pybus, Rodney (1938-)1
Song, ChʻUn-Bok1
Song, ChʻUn-Bok (1936-)1
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Feeling and Morality

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1992

Photocopied typescript of Silkin's article 'Feeling and Morality: A Survival From the Sixties?,' written in response to assertions by John Bayley in his essay 'The Tongue's Satisfaction,' (published i...

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Poems and Drafts (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1985-1986

Ms and typescript drafts of 'A Woman From Giannades' and a poem beginning 'I searched the mind's heated ...'In addition to these items there are photocopies of a typescript sheet, heavily annotated/co...

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Gurney Scripts (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1984-1985

4 clean photocopied typescripts of the script for 'Gurney,' one of which was originally held in a clear plastic file with note 'Gurney by Jon Silkin, received 3 Oct 84.' Also held in this file is a po...

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War Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1970s

Typescript list 'Poems to be used for 'War Poets' ' and photocopies; photocopies of published poems by Ivor Gurney, Wilfred Owen, Herbert Read, Wilhelm Kremm, August Stramm, Siegfried Sassoon and Isa...

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Notes, Lists and Drafts

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1982-1987

Ms notes and lists including author names and page references; A5 spiral-bound notebook containing ms notes for work on Anglo-Jewishness, a transcription of Geoffrey Hill's poem 'September Song,' and ...

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Notebook

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1984-1986

Red, bound notebook with ms notes for 'Gurney,' including changes, the stage, set and music; ms notes for Silkin's reading/performance of poems, letters and songs by Ivor Gurney at the University of N...

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Translations from Hebrew and Arabic

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1966-1968

Ms and typescript drafts and copies of translations of poems from Hebrew and Arabic, inlcuding poems by Yehuda Amichai, Avraham Chalfi, Amir Gilboa, Uri Zvi Greenberg, Dalia Ravikovitch, Bat-Sheva She...

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Israeli and Arab Translations

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1967

Typescript letters from Tom Maschler at Jonathan Cape to Silkin (19 January 1967), and from Silkin to Nora Smallwood at Chatto and Windus (28 January 1967), regarding the proposal for an anthology of ...

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Resource Material, Etc. (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1917-1918

Items collected by Silkin as resource/background material for 'The Penguin Book of First World War Prose,' and more generally relating to his interest in the War. Includes items purchased from an unkn...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (4)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1953-1961

Ms and typescript drafts of essays and articles by Jon Silkin. Includes an ms draft of an autobiographical essay on his school days at Dolaucothi in Carmarthenshire (written partly on the versos of ty...

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4th World Congress of Poets

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979

Papers relating to the 4th World Congress of Poets held in Korea in 1979. Includes correspondence relating to the Congress (23 letters - see below); ts drafts of Silkin's paper 'East and West in Moder...

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Still mine : for baritone and orchestra, 1991-92 : study score

Casken, John (1949-); Turnbull, Gael; Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); Pybus, Rodney (1938-)

c1993

Words by Gael Turnbull, Jon Silkin, and Rodney Pybus printed also as text. Reproduced from manuscript.

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