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Papers relating to the poetry of Geoffrey Grigson, [1931]-1986 and n.d. [c.1930-1985]

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MS. 23802/35
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Comprises:

  1. 'Poems in notebook sold 1970 (unpublished or uncollected) all of them early poems', photocopies of ten poems in Grigson's hand, [1931-1933] and n.d. [c.1930-1940]
  2. 'Early Satirical Poem - In ?Texas notebook', photocopies of drafts of 'Bird Cage In The Zoo', n.d. [c.1935]
  3. photocopies from Skelton, R. ed., Poetry of the Thirties (Penguin, 1964) of Grigson's 'Reginal Order', 'The Non-Interveners' and 'Three Evils'
  4. lists in Grigson's hand of poems submitted to or published in periodicals, 1976-1983
  5. draft title and contents pages of Angles and Circles and Other Poems (Gollancz, 1974), [c.1974]
  6. typescripts and photocopies of typescripts of The Cornish Dancer and Other Poems (Secker & Warburg, 1982), Montaigne's Tower and Other Poems (Secker & Warburg, 1984), and Persephone's Flowers and Other Poems (David & Charles, 1986), [c.1982-1985]
  7. proof of Collected Poems 1963-1980 (Allison & Busby, 1982), [c.1982]

Dates

  • Creation: [1931]-1986 and n.d. [c.1930-1985]

Extent

1 box (7 folders)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. 23802/35