Poetry drafts
MS. Spender 157
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poetry drafts
Shelfmark
MS. Spender 157
Summary
Comprises:
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts for Dolphins (1994) and Two Poems (1995)
Three notebooks with manuscript poems including First World War Childhood, Simone Weil and Poetes Maudits, plus a prose review, published 1994
Papers relating to readings at Academy, Poetry Centre and the New York Public Library, 1994
Correspondence and drafts for the Birthday Book of Poems, 1995
Musical score for Lux Aeterna, with traditional Latin text with excerpts from Spender's The Truly Great, by David c. Dickau, 2001
Date
1994-1995, 2001
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Literary papers and art
Poetry
Additional poetry
Poetry drafts
