Contains typescript and manuscript draft material by Swift depicting various stages of the novel, with annotations and additions often included, though there are also some unannotated typescripts. There are 14 full typescript drafts labelled sequentially by Swift in the progress towards comple...
Waterland (1983), including 25th Anniversary Edition (2008)
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Sub-series includes: press and publicity material relating to the 1983 publication of the novel. a printed, annotated booklet and photographs relating to the screen adaptation of the novel. a publisher's proof of the 25th Anniversary Edition of Waterland, published by Picador in their Classics r...
Sub-series contains published magazines and correspondence concerning 2 requests for translations and re-prints of the short story - one in Finland and one in Belgium.
Non-fiction: essays, lectures, articles and introductions, with related papers.
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Sub-series contains draft material, correspondence and related papers concerning Swift's non-fiction writing, including his contribution to the Picador Book of 40 (2012) and other essays, articles, introductions and spoken lectures given by Swift.
Wish You Were Here (2012) - Publication correspondence, and related papers
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Sub-series consists of correspondence between Swift and representatives of various publishers during the latter stages of the completion of Wish You Were Here. Matters of discussion include book jacket content and design, critical reception of the novel in the UK and America, and a German transl...
Wish You Were Here (2012) - Copyediting and publisher's proofs
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Contains typescript drafts and notes created for and during copyediting with Picador and Random House publishers, with and without Swift's annotations, and full proofs provided by these publishers for review.
File contains one exchange of typed and printed correspondence between Swift and Thomas Skassis, translator, regarding the translation into Greek of Tomorrow on which Skassis was working at this time. The discussion concerns queries of certain words and phrases by Skassis, and the clarification...
File contains: A double page from The Guardian newspaper (8 March 2008) showing an advertisement for Tomorrow, with reviews used from the Times Literary Supplement, Ann Enright of The Guardian, The Spectator, Mail on Sunday and Scotsman newspapers. A photocopy of a review of the novel by Laurent...