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Total number of records: 18

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Brotherton Collection18
English Literature18
Leeds Poetry18

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books reviews18
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)13
correspondence7
proofs (printing)7
book covers3
booksellers and bookselling1
copyright1
grants-in-aid1
hebrew poetry, modern translating1
lectures and lecturing england leeds1

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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)6
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)4

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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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Auden: Cambridge Review

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1981-1982

This file contains items relating to Geoffrey Hill's review of Edward Mendelson's 'Early Auden', published in the 'Cambridge Review' (26 February 1982). Includes a compliments slip from the 'Cambridge...

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Killhope Wheel

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

ca.

Papers relating to the publication of 'Killhope Wheel.' Includes page proofs of the poems marked up in ms for the printer in red pen and pencil, and with page numbers 26-39 in pencil in the top right ...

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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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Revisions, Etc.

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1996-1997

Ms notes of titles to add to the Select Bibliography; ms list of sales of hard- and paperback copies of 'Out of Battle' worldwide (dated 27/6/97); ms list relating to permissions for Rosenberg text; c...

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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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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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Responses to Joseph Carroll

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979-1980

Papers relating to the 'University Publishing' 'controversy' over Joseph Carroll's review of 'Out of Battle.' Includes a copy of 'University Publishing' 7 (spring 1979) containing Carroll's review; c...

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The Fisher Queen

1983-1990

Papers and correspondence relating to Fred Beake's 'The Fisher Queen' (Northern House Poets; 31). Includes photocopied typescript poems by Beake, some with Jon Silkin's ms annotations; correspondence ...

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Correspondence and Reviews

1985-1986

This file contains 42 ms and typescript letters and postcards from various correspondents regarding Geoffrey Hill's 'Collected Poems' covering the period 5 August 1985 - 3 September 1986. Many of corr...

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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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T.S. Eliot

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1949-1975

This file contains items collected by Hill relating to T.S. Eliot, and his lecture notes and drafts for teaching on Eliot at the University of Leeds. Includes: - a typescript copy of the title page ...

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