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Total number of records: 18

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Brotherton Collection18
English Literature17
Leeds Poetry17

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correspondence18
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)8
interviews2
photographs2
adult education1
book jackets1
book proposals1
books reviews1
class reunions1
creative writing anthologies1

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)8
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Brown, Wayne2
Crossley-Holland, Kevin2

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Leeds Festschrift

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1996-1997

This file contains typescripts of Hill' critical essay 'Translating Value: Marginal Observations on a Central Question', and related correspondence. Includes: - a clean typescript draft of the essay...

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Planning and Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1994

2 ms letter from Andrew Mitchell (22 June and 20 July 1994) accompanying a photocopied ms draft on the markets for a CD-ROM of First World War literature and pages from GCSE syllabi and exam papers se...

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Correspondence

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1990-2005

Correspondence and other papers relating to the television and radio series of 'Tales from Europe' broadcast by the BBC in 1991, and the reissue of 'Tales from Europe' as 'Tales from the Old World' in...

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Correspondence with Penguin: Brand 3rd Edition

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

31 May 1995 - 10 October 1995

This file chiefly contains correspondence between Geoffrey Hill and Penguin publishers regarding the 3rd edition of 'Brand', published by Penguin in 1996. The subject matter relates primarily to proof...

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Religion/Literature: Sermon

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1983-1990

This file chiefly contains items relating to the sermon 'Thus my noblest capacity becomes my deepest perplexity', written and delivered by Geoffrey Hill at Great St Mary's Church, Cambridge, on 8 May ...

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T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1988

This file contains the text of Geoffrey Hill's T.S. Eliot Centenary Lecture, delivered at the University of Leeds on 8 December 1988, and related items. Includes: - ms lecture (17 ff; untitled); - ...

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Exhibition Correspondence

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959

Typescript and ms lists of people, libraries, booksellers, and newspapers and periodicals to whom the exhibition catalogue had been sent; requests for copies of the catalogue from various corresponden...

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C.H. Sisson

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1974-1987

This file contains items chiefly relating to a lecture on C.H. Sisson delivered by Hill during his tenure of the Churchill Fellowship at Bristol University. Includes an ms and typescript lecture (14 f...

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Swift

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1981

This file contains papers relating to Hill's contribution to a book of essays on Jonathan Swift, originally planned by Dipak Nandy around 1965; and press clippings relating to Swift collected by Hill....

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Reviews of The Principle of Water

1974-1975

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'The Principle of Water'. These are accompanied by a typescript letter from Michael Schmidt to Jon Silkin (30 October 1974), indicating ...

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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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New Poetry 2 Anthology

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1976

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to the 'New Poetry 2 Anthology,' (1976) edited by Crossley-Holland and Patricia Beer. Includes the following: - 1 letter from the Arts Council ...

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