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61. Add MS 88918/6/4

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Title:
Introductions and Forewords
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and printed, partly autograph. Contains drafts of an essay 'The Poetry of Keith Douglas' published in Critical Quarterly 5 (1963) and as 'Introduction to the Selected Poems of Keith Douglas (Faber and Faber, 1964), together with proof corrections for the volume; and drafts and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1962-7 Sep 1996
Extent:
1 folder

62. Add MS 88918/6/5

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Title:
The Folding Cliffs
Scope & Content:
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph material relating to a piece which Hughes wrote for the cover of Merwin's publication. Material consists of drafts of Hughes's piece; correspondence between Hughes, Merwin and Merwin's publishers; and a copy of the publication. The letter from Merw...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
8 Aug 1998-11 Aug 1998
Extent:
1 folder

63. Add MS 88918/6/6

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Title:
Grimersta
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph material about Grimersta, a fishery in the Outer Hebrides where Hughes had fished many times, mostly relating to a book being written about the fishery by Michael Wigan. Before his death Hughes agreed to write a foreword to the book, but he died before he was ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
16 Aug 1996-1 Dec 2000
Extent:
1 folder

64. Add MS 88918/6/11

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Title:
Speeches, Eulogies and biographical pieces
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Typewritten and autograph, a photocopy of autograph draft of eulogy given by Hughes at the funeral of his former teacher and friend, John Fisher, drafts of a piece written about Stephen Spender, a draft of 'Memorial Reading for William Golding, Salisbury Cathedral, November 20th [19]93' and two d...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Sep 1988-20 Nov 1993
Extent:
1 folder

65. Add MS 88918/6/12

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Title:
Non-fiction drafts
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten, partly autograph material consisting of complete and partial drafts in varying states of completion. The drafts include the 'First paragraphs for defining 'The Two Planes''; an article for Country Life entitled 'Arts for Nature' with drafts about Prince Philip and his environm...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Feb 1993
Extent:
1 folder

66. Add MS 88918/7/4

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Title:
Poetic 'Portraits'
Scope & Content:
Autograph poetic writings in which Hughes describes individuals many of whom were friends, including Peter Brook, Peter Redgrove, Penelope Shuttle (includes two photographs), Dido [Merwin], [Robert] Frost, Des Dawe (Frieda Hughes's first husband), 'The Brontes' and 'George'. Also includes untitle...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Oct 1977-12 Mar 1984
Extent:
1 folder

67. Add MS 88918/8/1

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Title:
Unpublished children's stories
Scope & Content:
Nine autograph children's stories, which appear to have been written for Hughes's children, Frieda and Nicholas, and often feature two characters called Frooda and Nooky. The stories are written on the back of letters and other literary drafts including 'The Courting of Petty Quinnett', and 'Diff...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1960s-1970s]
Extent:
1 folder

68. Add MS 88918/8/5

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Title:
Children's literature drafts
Scope & Content:
Partly typewritten and partly autograph drafts and notes about children's literature the majority of which are prose. Consists of titled and untitled material, titles include 'The Tigerboy', 'Ffangs II', 'The Roar', 'Book II', 'The Angel', 'The House of Karma', 'Milwepa Boy', 'My brother Mo' and ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
21 Jun 1979
Extent:
1 folder

69. Add MS 88918/9/1

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Title:
Bardo Thodol
Scope & Content:
Autograph drafts of poetry, prose and notes relating to Hughes's work on Bardo Thodol. Hughes was asked to write a libretto for an opera based on Bardo Thodol, The Tibetan Book of the Dead by the Chinese American composer, Chou Wen-chung, when the two met at the Yaddo artist colony in 1959. Hughe...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[After 1959]-1989
Extent:
1 folder

70. Add MS 88918/9/2

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Title:
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Scope & Content:
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph consisting of a published copy of The Epic of Gilgamesh, (English version) by N.K. Sanders (Penguin, 1960), notes about the poem and correspondence between Hughes and Tim Supple about the possibility of writing a new version of Gilgamesh. This mate...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1960-8 Jun 1998
Extent:
1 folder