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21. Add MS 88931/1/3/18

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Add MS 88931/1/3/18
Title:
'Titus' (Gormenghast chapters 38-50)
Scope & Content:
Autograph manuscript in ink, with authorial revisions. Dated 2 April 1949, 6.25am, Sark. At the end of the manuscript there are: nonsense poems with accompanying illustrations: 'Have a pear' (f.71v) and 'Little spider' (f.72); character notes on Titus, Fuchsia, the Cockatrice and Steerpike (f.77...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1949-Jun 1949
Extent:
1 volume

22. Add MS 88931/1/3/19

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 51-66)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft with additional leaves pasted in. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on plot, ideas for titles and dust-jackets and a list of childhood influences [presumably in preparation for autobiography - see Add MS 88931/6]. There are drafts of poems 'As the kite that soars on the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1949-Jul 1949
Extent:
1 volume

23. Add MS 88931/1/3/20

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Title:
'Labyrinth' (Gormenghast chapters 67-75)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. 'Notes on final chapters' on f.26. Lists of possible titles on f.73. Dated 29 July 1949, Sark. Drawings in ink include: f.9: bird flying; f.30: male figure [Bright Carver?]; f.43: boy with arrow and Native American headdress; f.69v: the Thing holding a bird (full...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1949-Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

24. Add MS 88931/1/3/21

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Title:
'Titus in Chaos' (Gormenghast chapters 76-77)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Written in Sebastian Peake's school jotter. Sketch of baby [Clare Peake?] in ink (f.25v). Sketch of male character's head [Muzzlehatch?] and figure leaning on f.ii. Dated 5 August 1949, Sark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

25. Add MS 88931/1/3/22

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 77-78)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft, in ink. Sketch diagrams of Titus and Steerpike in the flood (ff.25-26). Dated 13 August 1939, Sark.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1949
Extent:
1 volume

26. Add MS 88931/1/3/23

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Gormenghast chapters 78-80)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. Dated 16 August.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug [1949]
Extent:
1 volume

27. Add MS 88931/1/3/24

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Title:
Early Fragments, Drafts and Notes for Titus Alone
Scope & Content:
Loose leaves (in manuscript unless otherwise stated): ff.1-7: 'Dream Sequences of Gormenghast' and 'Dreams to be Infiltrated', revised typescript and manuscript leaves; ff.8-9: 'Titus Far From Home', draft of passage describing Titus looking down on the city from a window on the thirtieth floor,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
mid 1950s
Extent:
1 file

28. Add MS 88931/1/3/25

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 1-13)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft in various coloured inks and pencil. Contains early draft of the beginning of Titus Alone. Appears to be earlier draft than Add MS 88931/1/3/26. At the end of the manuscript there are notes on Peake's earnings and fragments of poetry. Inscribed with Wallington address. Undated. D...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1954
Extent:
1 volume

29. Add MS 88931/1/3/26

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Title:
'Titus Far From Home' (Titus Alone chapters 1-35)
Scope & Content:
Revised autograph draft, in ink. Appears to be later draft than Add MS 88931/1/1/25. Manuscript and typescript leaves pasted in with additions and revisions. Notes on characters and plot at end of manuscript. Dated at front of volume 28 December 1954, 4.30, Diddnam[?]. Drawings in ink and penci...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1954-Feb 1956
Extent:
1 volume

30. Add MS 88931/1/3/27

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Title:
Autograph Manuscript (Titus Alone chapters 12-19)
Scope & Content:
Revised draft. A few doodles and rough sketches. Notes on plot development on ff.12-13. At the end of the manuscript there is a note regarding Margery Vosper's decision about Peake's play ['The Wit To Woo'], plus two poems: 'I met him after many years' and 'As I watched between two forests'. Und...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1956
Extent:
1 volume