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Total number of records: 57

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Brotherton Collection57
English Literature57
Leeds Poetry57

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
books reviews57
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)28
correspondence10
proofs (printing)10
book covers4
interviews3
authors and publishers2
autobiography2
english poetry 20th century history and criticism2
holocaust, jewish (1939-1945)2

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People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)23
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)11
Brown, Merle E (1925-)1
Harrison, Tony (1937-)1
Weissbort, Daniel1

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Hill: Poets on Poetry

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1986

This file contains items relating to reviews and interviews by Hill. Includes: - an offprint of Hill's review article Robert Lowell: Contrasts and Repetitions, from Essays in Criticism, vol. 13 no. ...

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[Poetry]: Texts for Talks

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

c.1955-1977

Ff 5-14 of a typescript lecture on modern poetry, dated in ms on the final page 2nd-3rd December 1955[?] with Hill's auotgraph signature; ms lecture notes 'Some Problems of the Modern Poet' (9 ff); ty...

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Press Cuttings: Contemporary Poetry (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1993

Press cuttings collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to contemporary poetry. Includes 2 reviews of the 'Poetry Now' anthology, ed. G.S. Fraser (1956); 2 reviews of the 'Mavericks' anthology, ed. D...

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Press Cuttings: Contemporary Poetry (2)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1973-1987

Press cuttings and photocopied articles collected by Jon Silkin, largely relating to contemporary poetry. Includes short photocopied articles (ca. 1973-1981) with references to Silkin; photocopied rev...

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Merle Brown on Jon Silkin

Brown, Merle E (1925-)

c.1973-1982

Photocopied typescripts of Merle Brown's essays 'Inner Divisions in Recent English Poetry' (including a discussion of Silkin), and 'Stress in Silkin's Poetry and the Healing Emptiness of America;' and...

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Time and Tide Reviews

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1961

Press cuttings of 2 book reviews by Jon Silkin for 'Time and Tide' magazine. Includes a review of poetry collections by G. Hough and I.C. Smith (20 April 1961); and a review of poetry collections by R...

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Reviews of Autobiographical Stanzas

1984

This file contains photocopies and press-cuttings of reviews of 'Autobiographical Stanzas'. Includes reviews by John Lees ('Iron', no. 43, June 1984), Anne Stevenson ('Poetry Review', v. 74 no. 2, 198...

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Mixed Prose and Criticism (1)

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1956-1958

Ms draft book review (on verso of typed Silkin poem 'Easter Day: Victim'); first page (?) of an essay/article on the contemporary dispute in English poetry and the New Lines/Mavericks anthologies; ms ...

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Miscellaneous: Research and Interest

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1956-1996

This subfonds comprises items collected by Silkin as research materials and/or for general interest, which cannot be directly connected with his work. The subject matter includes contemporary poetry, ...

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Rosenberg Lecture and Reading

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1985

Photocopied and annotated typescript draft of a lecture (?) on Rosenberg which incorporates the reading of some of his poetry. The draft includes photocopies of sections of Rosenberg's published lette...

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Reviews

1979-1982

Reviews of and references to the 'Penguin Book of First World War Poetry.' Includes cuttings reporting on Silkin's residencies in County Durham and Peterborough (1979) and information about readings i...

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Beake Review

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

c.1988

This file contains an annotated typescript draft of a review of a collection of poetry and translations by Fred Beake (possibly 'The Fisher Queen'); and part (?) of an ms draft/notes introducing Anne ...

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