Manning Papers. Vol. iii (ff. 19). Manuscript 'From Work in Progress'. An excerpt from the revised and extended version of 'This Room before Sunrise', 1952. A note by Manning records that the work was still incomplete in October 1969 (f. 1v).
Manning Papers. Vol. ii (ff. 47). Manuscript of 'The Crown and the Fable', a poetic sequence in fifteen sections. Parts of this poem previously appeared in Forum, Poetry Quarterly, Poetry Review, The Observer, and other literary journals. Published by the Gaberbocchus Press, 1950.
Manning Papers. Vol. iv (ff. 77). Manuscript of 'This Room before Sunrise', a prose work in a 'broken diary' format; dated June 1970. A shorter version appeared in ADAM International Review, June-July 1946, titled 'Letter to an Unwritten Poem'. First published by the Gaberbocchus Press, 1952. R...
Manning Papers. Vol. vi (ff. 50). Manuscript of 'Encounter in Crete', a poem in twelve sections, relating the story of Pasiphaë and King Minos; completed in January 1970. A shorter version was first published in 'ADAMInternational Review', 1956.
Manning Papers. Vol. vii (ff. 74). Manuscript of 'Encounter in Crete'; revised version completed in April 1970. Published by the Enitharmon Press, 1971.
Manning Papers. Vol. viii (ff. 74). Manuscript of 'Madame Lola', a long and sensual poem; dated July 1970. Based on observations of Manning, while sitting in a café in Rio in 1939, watching a prostitute as she approached clients nearby. It is suggested the prostitute Bella in Simon Gantillon's ...
Manning Papers. Vol. xii (ff. 20). Manuscript of 'Ishmael'; [1975]. Partly printed. A poem about Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whom Manning sees as an outsider, while others see him a mirror-image of the poet himself. Published by the Tabaret Press, 1975.
Manning Papers. Vol. xiii (ff. 14). Manuscript of 'The Daughter'. An extended and revised version of a short story which had previously appeared in The Norseman, September-October 1950. With a drawing by Manning (f. 2). Published by the Taurus Press, 1975.
Manning Papers. Vol. xiv (ff. 60). Manuscript of 'Modigliani'; [1976]. Partly printed. Bound with the first set of proofs sent by Alan Clodd of the Enitharmon Press to Manning, 17 May 1976. A poem in seven sections, inspired by an essay on the painter by Pierre Cabanne in Outlaws of Art, 1963....
Manning Papers. Vol. v (ff. 46). Manuscript of 'Faith-Love-Fun chez Henry Miller', the second version of an essay on Henry Miller; completed in August 1969. With a drawing of Miller (f. 3) by Manning, a close friend, made in 1969. It was revised and extended, and published under the title 'The I...