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1. Add MS 83982-83998

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Hugo Manning Papers 83982-83998. Literary manuscripts of Hugo Manning, poet, journalist and mystic, (b.1913, d.1977); 1936-1977. Manning was born Lazarus Perkoff, and worked as a journalist in Vienna in 1937, and then in Argentina from 1938 to 1942. Between 1946 and 1968 he was on the staff at Reuters, becoming a senior sub-editor and features writer, and in 1948 became a Poetry Editor of the New Statesman. From 1968, he devoted his time to poetry and writing. In the early 1970s, he was Jef...
Scope & Content:
Hugo Manning, writer: Literary manuscripts of Hugo Manning: 1936-1977.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1977
Extent:
17 items

2. Add MS 83997-83998

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Manning Papers. Vols. xvi, xvii. Bibliography and biography of Hugo Manning; 1983,1996. Typewritten. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1983-1996
Extent:
2 items

3. Add MS 83982-83996

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Manning Papers. Vols. i-xv. Manuscripts of poetry and essays of Hugo Manning; 1950-1977. All autograph unless otherwise stated. Fifteen volumes.
Scope & Content:
Hugo Manning, writer: Manuscripts of poetry and essays: 1936-1977.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950-1977
Extent:
15 items

4. Add MS 83984

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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).
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1952-1969
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 83983

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1950
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 83985

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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...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1970
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 83987

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1970
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 83988

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Manning Papers. Vol. vii (ff. 74). Manuscript of 'Encounter in Crete'; revised version completed in April 1970. Published by the Enitharmon Press, 1971.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Apr 1970
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 83989

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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 ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jul 1970
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 83993

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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.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1975]
Extent:
1 item