The Strings are False and other autobiographical writings
MS. 10641/25
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
The Strings are False and other autobiographical writings
Shelfmark
MS. 10641/25
Summary
Comprises:
MS. notes and drafts for an autobiography (to become The Strings are False), c.1938-1940.
TS. extracts from the autobiography: 'Oxford in the Nineteen-Twenties', 'A Visit to Spain: Easter 1936' and 'When I was Twenty-One', c.1940.
Miscellaneous autobiographical writings: 'Biographical notes for BBC Press Dept. Records', Apr 1944 and 1949; 'Countries in the Air', n.d. (late 1950s).
TS. of 'Recantation' (early version of an autobiographical chapter of Zoo, published 1938), n.d.
Date
c.1938-1949; late 1950s
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (2 folders)
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Collection contents
Archive of Frederick Louis MacNeice
Literary papers
Prose/ non-fiction
The Strings are False and other autobiographical writings
