Spender (Sir Stephen), 1950-1995
File
MS. Berlin 283
Held at the Weston Library
Includes:
- (passim) references to Spender's work and career
- (fols. 8-9) comments on Berlin's broadcasts on ' Freedom and its Betrayal', 1952
- (fols. 15-19) letters about the publication of Berlin's broadcasts on ' A Marvellous Decade' in Encounter , 1955
- (fols. 44-48) description by Spender of his impressions of Poland, following a visit, 1958
- (fols. 49-52) comments by Spender on Berlin's inaugural lecture as Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory on ' Two Concepts of Liberty', and Berlin's response, 1958
- (fol. 73) copy letter from Spender to the Observer, about an article on Berlin's appointment as head of Wolfson College, 1966
- (fols. 74-84) discussion of a libel action brought by Conor Cruise O'Brien against Encounter over an article by Goronwy Rees, 1966
- (fols. 88-102) discussion of the controversy over the revelation of the involvement of the CIA in the funding of Encounter , 1967
- (fol. 98) comment by Berlin on the Six Days War, 1967
- (fols. 106-117) correspondence and papers about a possible new independent journal, 1967
- (fols. 119-133) translation by Berlin of a letter from Pavel Litvinov to Spender, about the possible formation of a committee to support the democratic movement in the Soviet Union, 1968
- (fol. 146) comment by Berlin on the election of Stuart Hampshire to the Wardenship of Wadham College, 1970
- (fols. 155-156) comments by Spender on Berlin's Romanes Lecture on Turgenev, 1972
- (fols. 173-180) copy of Recent Poems inscribed to the Berlins, 1978
- (fol. 188) translation by Spender of some lines from Heine, 1979
- (fol. 189) draft of Spender's poem 'Late Stravinsky Listening to Late Beethoven', 1979
- (fols. 245-246) draft of 'Six Variations (Thoughts for Isaiah Berlin, arising from reading Pepys Journal)', 1991
- (fol. 248) incomplete earlier draft of 'Six Variations', 1991
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1995
Extent
260 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Berlin 283
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk