Word-processed draft without markings or annotations, all elements of the novel present (i.e. includes the 'Intermission'). Pages numbered 1-447. Also included, original card wallet-front bearing various autograph notes.
A photocopy of the clean text of the previous file (Add MS 89203/2/4/21) here revised by hand. Revisions are editorial only and within the photocopy. Novel text, pp. 4-447. Followed by p. 448, 'A Note on the Author' (photocopied autograph), identical to the published 'Note' at the end of the bo...
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (miscellaneous notes, draft material and editorial communication)
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(1). Early autograph notes [1990?] regarding characters and structure, and 'Notes towards Chapter 2' (7 sheets, 3 of which are written on the versos of typed draft material for the story 'The Indian Mutiny' and Self's uncompleted book on drug use). (2). Various autograph notes, including post-it ...
Will Self: My Idea of Fun (application for bursary)
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Draft papers relating to an application for an unspecified bursary, comprising: (1). Brief curriculum vitae, 'Project Description' (referring to the completion of My Idea of Fun and to a draft Chapter to accompany the application), and 'Financial Statement'. (7 sheets, typed). (2). Draft chapte...
Will Self: Grey Area ('Between the Conceits', 'The Indian Mutiny', 'A Short History of the English Novel')
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The first three stories of the collection Grey Area (1994): (1). 'Between the Conceits': Incomplete typed draft (3 sheets). Complete word-processed draft marked '2nd Draft', revised by hand (pp. 1-19). Incomplete draft word-processed draft (pp. 1-10). Photocopy fax (2 sheets, no date) from Joan...
Will Self: Grey Area ('Incubus or The Impossibility of Self-Determination as to Desire')
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Four complete texts, and a fragment, of the fourth story published in Grey Area (1994): Complete word-processed draft, revised by hand. Pages numbered by the author pp. 1-27 and 25 -43 although the text is continuous. There is a yellow 'post-it' note attached to the first sheet. Complete word-pr...
(1). Incomplete word-processed draft, copy-edited in red ink. 3 sheets (Contents and epigraphs) and pp. 1-35, 39. Lacking final pages of the story. (2). Word-processed draft of the sections 'Kettle' and 'Relative' (final sentence incomplete). 4 sheets + pp. 1-15. (3). Further copy of item (2) ...
(1). Incomplete word-processed draft, revised in pencil (pp. 1-15). (2). Complete word-processed draft, revised in pencil (title page and pp. 1-68). (3). Photocopy of publication in Esquire (Feb 1995), pp. 109-23.