Loose poetry drafts, proofs and galleys
MS. 12404/43
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Loose poetry drafts, proofs and galleys
Shelfmark
MS. 12404/43
Summary
Comprises:
Drafts of 'The Torrent' (from Nothing Like Love, pub. 2009), and notes marked by Joseph as 'other material' possibly also intended for Nothing Like Love, c. 2005-c. 2009
Manuscript drafts of poems and notes about the moon, c. 1990, c. 1993, c. 2006, n.d.
Two typewritten copies of a piece explaining the title of Beyond Descartes [c.1983]; two photocopy manuscript drafts of Joseph's poem 'By Lake Huron in Winter', n.d.; typescript French translation of the poem 'Shadows Coming', n.d.; typescript copy of the poem 'Skipping Song' with manuscript notes for a speaker, n.d.; typescript copy of 'The Ballad of Rodborough Common' with suggestions for the composer of a musical version [never made], n.d.; typed copy of 'Cake Uncut', c. 1982-1997; printed musical score for Joseph's 'The Song of the Rivers' for a song book for schools, n.d. Includes Joseph's covering note of the contents which provides further context.
Drafts of the poem 'Man With Dog' from 'Little Films' with associated correspondence, 2009
Drafts of children's poems titled 'If I were you', 'My new pet', 'The school I went to', c. 2005-2006
'Rag Bag '75' - a proposal to collect and publish poems children read or know, rhymes children play and sing and poems children write, in a book called A Ragbag Book for Children (with covering letters, manuscript poems by children, and original Jenny Joseph poems for children), 1974-1975
Poems commissioned by Saga Magazine, 'Terence family in their seventies' and 'Come on, Carrie, we're only old once', with associated correspondence, 2009
Proposal for illustrated books of single poems, with sample text, n.d.
Date
1974-2009, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (7 folders)
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Collection contents
Poetry, musical settings and literary notebooks
Notebooks and drafts
Loose poetry drafts, proofs and galleys
