'Wintringham' notebook of W.H. Auden
Notebook of W.H. Auden (the ‘Wintringham Notebook’), inscribed ‘A Third Garland of Poesy / written by W.H. Auden / November 1923-'. Containing fair and amended fair copies of poems, comprising:
- (fol. 2) 'Skyreholme Mill'
- (fols. 2v-3) 'Autumn'
- (fol. 16) 'The plane tree'
- (fols. 24-25) 'III Transfiguration'
- (fol. 25) fragment ('He Came')
- (fol. 28) 'Revelation (To C.J.H.)'
- (fol. 32) 'Moods'
- (fol. 32v) 'Canticle'
- (fol. 36) 'The Hill and Triolet' ('What need has Man')
- (fol. 42) 'The grief without a name'
- (fol. 43) 'The Last Time'
- (fol. 44) 'A Winter Evening'
- (fols. 49-50) 'The Menhir'
- (fols. 51-52) 'The North'
- (fol. 52) 'The Piano Trio'
- (fol. 56) 'The Violet'
- (fol. 57) 'November at Weybourne'
- (fol. 57v) 'The Moon and the Earth'
- (fol. 65) 'Purposes'
- (fol. 66) 'Envoy' ('From the red chimneys')
- (fol. 68) 'The Old Mine'
Many pages have been torn (by Auden?) from the notebook, but they do not correspond to the loose leaves in MS. Eng. poet. c. 68. Fols. 4-15, 8-23, 26-27, 29-31, 33-35, 37-41, 45-48, 53-55, 58-64, 67, 69 are stubs.
Versions of ‘Skyreholme Mill’, ‘Autumn’, ‘The plane tree’, ‘Triolet’, ‘The Last Time’, ‘A Winter Evening’, ‘The North’, ‘November at Weybourne’, ‘Envoy’ and ‘The Old Mine’ were published in W.H. Auden, Juvenilia, ed. Katherine Bucknell. Eight poems from the notebook were subsequently published in the W.H. Auden Society Newsletter, 15 Nov 1996, and the Times Literary Supplement, 24 Jan 1997.
Dates
- Creation: 1923-c.1924
Extent
70 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Don d. 204, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Don d. 204
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 10731
Abstract
'Wintringham' notebook of W.H. Auden
Biographical / Historical
Wystan Hugh Auden (907-1973) was a poet and writer. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought Sotheby’s, 17 Jul 1997, lot 197, with the help of the MGC/V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the Friends of the National Libraries and Bodley’s Canadian Friends.
Physical Facet
Quarter bound red cloth, dark pink moire paper boards, the upper one inscribed in ink ‘Vol III’
Subject
- Title
- 'Wintringham' notebook of W.H. Auden
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2021
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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