Poetry drafts
MS. Spender 153
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poetry drafts
Shelfmark
MS. Spender 153
Summary
Comprises:
Notebook with manuscript poetry, prose and sketches including the poem Out of the Envelope, c. 1955-1966
Photocopies of the 'Dark blue notebook with Red Margin #V', 'Black Notebook with Red Margin #III', and 'Blue notebook #II', including poems After Rimbaud and Wild Rose and a play about Mary Shelley, 1960, 1966-1967, c. 1969
Photocopies of typescript poems (many originally attached to letters), 1962, 1964-1967, 1971, 1983
Setting copy of Generous Days, 1971
Notebook with manuscript poems including Auden at Milwaukee and Winter No Winter, c. 1971-1974
Date
1955-1983
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Literary papers and art
Poetry
Additional poetry
Poetry drafts
