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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)4
Brown, Merle E (1925-)1
Glover, Jon1

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin, Poems, Etc.

Glover, Jon

[1973] - 18 August 1997

22 typescript letters, 18 ms letters and 7 postcards/greetings cards from the poet Jon Glover to Jon Silkin; and 3 carbon copy typescript letters from Silkin to Glover. Letter dated 12/2/80 accompanie...

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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...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

Brown, Merle E (1925-)

24 September 1966 - 28 November 1978

8 ms and 4 typescript letters from Merle Brown to Jon Silkin, including letters on headed paper from Denison University, the University of Iowa and the 'Iowa Review' (edited by Brown). Letter dated 24...

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Criticism on Silkin

c.1961-1996

This series comprises essays and articles on Silkin and his poems, and includes items by poets and critics, and by students.

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

22 May 1984 - 20 October 1997

2 typescript letters, 5 word-processed letters, 1 ms note and 3 ms postcards from Holger Klein to Jon Silkin; 4 carbon copy typescript letters and 1 photocopied ms note from Silkin to Klein. Correspon...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (3)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1959-1964

Annotated typescript draft translation of the Ungaretti poem 'Rivers;' typescript draft essay titled 'Journalists;' carbon copy typescript essay titled 'Readerships,' concerning audiences and the read...

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Poetry Criticism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1960-1969

Typescript (carbon copy) drafts of an essay/article titled 'The Poetry of George Barker;' an essay/article on the poetry of Edmund Blunden (lacking the first page); and an article on the poetry of Dyl...

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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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