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Total number of records: 46

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Brotherton Collection46
English Literature46
Leeds Poetry46

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
books reviews46
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)25
correspondence20
proofs (printing)8
book covers4
lectures and lecturing england leeds2
radio scripts2
world war, 1914-1918 literature history and2
australian poetry 20th1
authors and publishers1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)14
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)14
Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)1
Weissbort, Daniel1

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Letters to Jon Silkin

18 August 1971 - 1 April 1979

2 ms letters, 3 typescript letters and 1 ms postcard from Anne Tibble to Jon Silkin. Letter dated 23 August 1976 accompanied by a ts review of Silkin's 'The Little Time-keeper' (2 pages; possibly inco...

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Letters to Jon Silkin, and Review

4 February 1976 - 6 December 1992

1 ms letter, 1 ms postcard and 1 word-processed letter from Dennis Butts to Jon Silkin. The postcard is accompanied by a second postcard to Butts from 'The Use of English' magazine, and a carbon copy ...

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Poems to Eimhir

8 March 1971 - 20 January 1988

Papers relating to Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Gaelic poet Sorley MacLean's [i.e. Somhairle MacGill-Eain] 'Poems to Eimhir'. Includes 7 typescript letters from Giles Gordon at publishers Goll...

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John Peck

30 December 1997

1 ms letter from John Peck to Geoffrey Hill. The letter is accompanied by a print-out of Peck's review of Hill's 'Canaan' for The Reader's Catalog (December 1997).

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Open University: Essays on Geoffrey Hill

23 July 1982 - [1986]

31 items of correspondence and other items chiefly relating to 'Geoffrey Hill: Essays on His Work', edited by Peter Robinson, and published by the Open University Press in 1985. Includes: - 3 ms let...

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Response to a Review

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1972

Carbon copy of a typescript letter from Jon Silkin to the Editor of 'Outposts' magazine, in response to a review of 'Amana Grass' by Anne Tibble ( 'Outposts' 92, spring 1972). The letter discusses the...

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Ben Dorain

1986-1990

Papers relating to the Northern House reprint of Iain Crichton Smith's translation of Duncan Ban Macintyre's 'Ben Dorain' (originally published by Akros in 1969). Includes 4 ms letters and 1 typescrip...

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The Schoolgirl

17 July 1991 - 13 April 1992

Papers relating to Lane Dunlop's translation of Osamu Dazai's 'The Schoolgirl'. Includes 2 typescript postcards and 1 ts letter to Jon Silkin from Dunlop, and 1 carbon copy ts letter from Silkin to Du...

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Fathers

Weissbort, Daniel

[1990?]-1992

Papers relating to Danny Weissbort's 'Fathers'. Includes a collection of word-processed poems by Weissbort; 4 word-processed letters and 1 ms letter from Weissbort to Jon Silkin and 1 carbon copy ts l...

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The Sense On't

[1972] - 8 June 1983

Papers relating to Fred Reed's collection of Northumbrian dialect poems, 'The Sense On't' (Northern House Poets; 20). Correspondence relating to the collection includes 4 ms letters and 9 typescript l...

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Pound: The Age Demanded (Again)

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1974-1988

This file contains items relating to Hill's review of Humphrey Carpenter's 'A Serious Character: The Life of Ezra Pound' (Faber and Faber, 1988), intended for publication in 'Agenda' magazine. Include...

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Houghton Mifflin: Tenebrae

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

20 November 1978 - 2 April

19 items of correspondence, chiefly between Geoffrey Hill and correspondents at Houghton Mifflin publishers, regarding (or relating to) the publication of 'Tenebrae' in the United States. Includes: ...

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