Poetry drafts
MS. Spender 156
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poetry drafts
Shelfmark
MS. Spender 156
Summary
Comprises:
Signed colophon of Hockney's Alphabet, 1991
Notebook with a draft poem opening "Remember how, in 1930", plus notes on computing and the fall of communism, c. 1992
Corrected typescripts and manuscripts (for Dolphins (1994) and Two Poems (1995)), including Poetes Maudits, Shelley's Skylark and Timothy Corsellis, c. 1992-1995
Two notebooks of drafts (with loose inserts) including Dolphins and Six Variations, from Dolphins, plus some prose on politicians, published 1994
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts for Dolphins, published 1994
Faxed corrected galley of Mythical Life and Love of D.H. Lawrence, 1995
Date
1991-1995
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Literary papers and art
Poetry
Additional poetry
Poetry drafts
