Correspondence, Dec. 1954-May 1955

File

MS. Eng. c. 7410

Held at the Weston Library

Includes:

(fols. 3-8) letter mentioning publication in the P.E.N. anthology New Poems, 1955, and invitation to review for the Manchester Guardian, 7 Dec. 1954.
(fols. 14-16) letter mentioning approach from George Hartley (editor of Listen and proprietor of the Hessle-based Marvell Press) with regards to publishing a volume of Larkin's poetry [subsequently published as The Less Deceived, 1955], 20 Dec. 1954.
(fols. 21-2) greetings card containing TS poem 'Christmas', n.d., 'Christmas 1954'.
(fols. 23-33) letters discussing publication of The Less Deceived, the volume title and dedication to Monica Jones, 8, 16 Jan. 1955.
(fols. 88-95) letter discussing provision of titles for poems in The Less Deceived, 8 Apr. 1955.
(fols. 96-8) letter mentioning possible inclusion in New Lines (ed. Robert Conquest, London: MacMillan, 1956), and Poets of the 1950s (ed. D.J. Enright, Tokyo: Kenkyusha Ltd, 1955), 14 Apr. 1955.