Notes and typewritten draft of 'See the Old Lady Decently', marked up for printer.
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Autograph notes in pencil about titles and dedications. Autograph notes about the novel, work charts, correspondence with the printer. Typewritten draft manuscript in sections, with notes on formatting and layout for printer.
'Not Counting the Savages' scheme, autograph drafts and notes for early incomplete novel
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This material relates to an unfinished novel that Johnson began before he wrote Travelling People, ca. 1959. Section one contains planning notes for the novel and some fragment draft sections. Sections two - five contain some notes about the plotting for each section.
Drafts of typewritten and autograph poems written between 1954-1960. Including poems such as 'Villanelle in January', 'A Broader Ballad', 'Constituional Monarchs', 'In Union', 'Ranelagh', 'Spring in Barnes', 'Port Ceiriad', 'Three Unicorn Poerms', 'Prayer', 'On the Coming of Augustine', 'Natural...
Drafts of autograph poems written between 1964-1970. Including poems such as 'Image in Provence', 'Change is the only Constant', 'Port Ceiriad', 'Pompous Advice to the Kids', 'Vintages', 'The marriage upstairs', some copies of M. Radotti poems, 'The Son of Jesus Christ has doubts about his paren...
Working drafts for published and unpublished poems
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Drafts of autograph and typewritten published poems written between 1964-1970. Including poems such as 'Distance Piece', 'Broom', 'Beech', 'The Marriage Upstairs' (Transatlantic Review), 'The Short Fear', 'Where is the Sprinkler Stop Valve?', 'A Suggested End to the Celebrated Long Run', 'A Rando...
Collected Poems, typescript poems written and collected by Johnson
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Drafts of typewritten published and unpublished poems written between 1957-1964. With notes about selection of poems for a collection. Love Poems collected including 'Vintages', 'A Dublin Unicorn', 'Vinnanelle in January', 'Poem for M.B.', 'Why do we lie', 'Theatregoer', 'Too many flesh suppers',...