Drafts of poetry, prose, plays and research notes by Hughes relating to different research topics. Some copies of articles and dream diary entries are also included.
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph consisting of photocopies of poems with some annotations and list of poets and their poetry. This material is undated and the date range given is an approximation.
Autograph poetry and play drafts all of which appear to be unpublished. The poems are generally untitled although one is entitled 'Who provided the strength' and there are a number of drafts that begin 'The phone cried out in the hall'. A draft of the poem 'Unknown Warrier', which was published T...
Autograph material consisting of notes and drafts, and a printed copy of the book, The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell (first published 1949, ninth printing, 1967). The drafts include a script, poetry and prose, which mention 'God' and 'Heaven'. A diagram or mind map with a sketch o...
Undated autograph notes in a school exercise book and on loose sheets of paper, on different subjects including 'Shah's World Tales' and 'Dino Buzatti: Restless Night'. A short diary entry is also included on the reverse of one of the large sheets of paper.
Partly printed, partly autograph material consisting of correspondence between Hughes and the London Library, notes of writers and books, printed copies of the library's Annual Report (1991-1992) and of Academic Book Collection (issue no. 17, winter 1992/3). A letter to Hughes from 'Richard' cont...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph. Draft translations of poems and poetic fragments with autograph annotations; and copies of poems in English and Italian are included. An exercise book with some notes relating to Medici as well as Hughes's opinion on science are also included. Some annotation...
Partly typewritten, partly autograph material consisting of notes on different subjects including a draft entitled 'From Thomas Cromwell to Oliver's beheading - a metamorphic play', an exercise book marked 'Nebuchadnezzar', notes on Kleist and numbered notes, some on Egypt, that appear to have be...
Autograph notes written in a notebook and on eight loose pages. The notebook contains notes about memorising poetry including techniques to use; notes about Hughes's work with Seneca's Oedipus and Iron Man (these bear some similarities to notes about the literary works found in a draft of a docum...
Partly printed and typewritten, partly autograph. Copies of 'Komachi At Sekidera (Sekidera Komachi)' and 'Komachi and the Hundred Nights (Kayoi Komachi) from 20 Plays of theNoh theatre (ed. Donald D. Keene, 1970); 'Sotoba-Komachi' from Japanese Noh Drama (Nippon Babaujutsu Shinkokai, 1960) and ar...