Correspondence and literary papers of Frederick Louis MacNeice, collected by John R. Hilton

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MS. Don c. 153/1-3

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Folder 1 comprises:

(fols. i-iv) detailed list of MacNeice's papers compiled by John Hilton
(fols. 1-75) letters and postcards to Hilton, 1926-1963, n.d., two of which (fols. 22-23, 43) are in verse
(fols. 76-80) letters and postcards from MacNeice's father and step-mother to Hilton, 1929
(fols. 81-84) leaves from a notebook containing, in Hilton's hand, extracts from a paper, 'The Policeman', read by MacNeice to the Corpus Christi College Pelican Club [Jan 1929] (see Louis MacNeice, The Strings are False, London, 1965, p. 274) with notes for an essay on the agricultural revolution
(fols. 85-87) notes by MacNeice to accompany his Poems, London, 1935
(fol. 88) sonnet by MacNeice entitled 'Moral', [c.1925]
(fol. 89) unpublished verse by MacNeice, beginning, 'Dance we over heaven'
(fol. 90) draft of verse by MacNeice, beginning, 'Quite time for a bright time'.

Folder 2 comprises printed copy of The heretick, no. 1, Mar 1924, a magazine edited from Marlborough College by John Betjeman and others. See The Strings are False, p. 242.

Folder 3 comprises printed copies of Sir Galahad, vol. 1, nos. 1-2, 21 Feb and 14 May 1929, an undergraduate magazine edited by MacNeice and others. See The Strings are False, pp. 257-258.

Dates

Creation: 1924-1963

Extent

1 box

Language of Materials

English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Don c. 153/1-3

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 20678

Additional Description

Abstract

Correspondence and literary papers of Frederick Louis MacNeice, collected by John R. Hilton

Biographical / Historical

Frederick Louis MacNeice (1907-1963) was a British poet and playwright who was part of the generation of the 'Auden Group'. For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.