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Add MS 52619
- Record Id:
- 040-002002229
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002002226
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000634.0x0003d0
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100182440653.0x000001
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- Add MS 52619
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SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. Poetical Notebook of Philip Arthur Larkin; 5 Oct. 1944-10 Mar. 1950. Autograph (ff. iii, 45, 46, 48b typewritten) drafts and fair copies of some eighty-five poems and fragments, of which five, on ff. 1, 2b-13, were first collected in The North Ship, 1945; eight more, on ff. 38, 49b, 50, 65b, 66, 74b-76, 81-87b, 94b-97b, in XX Poems, 1951; and two, on ff. 23, 24, 31, were printed in the magazine Mandrake, Oxford, 1946. The remainder, including (ff. 56-60) an incomplete verse-play, 'Night in the Plague' (f. 56), are apparently unpublished. Some were to be included in an unpublished collection, 'In the Grip of Light', prepared in 1948. See Stratford, pp. 19-24. National Manuscript Collection of Contemporary Writers MS. 7. Presented by the author through the Arts Council of Great Britain.
Paper; ff. v+99. Folio. 5 Oct. 1944-10 Mar. 1950. Mostly in pencil. Revisions and fair copies in ink.
Philip Arthur Larkin, poet: Notebook of poems: 1944-1950.
Poetry ENGLISH: P. A. Larkin; notebook of poems: 1944-1950.
includes:
- ff. 56-60 Drama: P. A. Larkin; verse drama, `Night in the Plague': circa 1944-1950.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002002226
040-002002229 - Is part of:
- Add MS 52617-52619 : SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
Add MS 52619 : SUPPLEMENTARY MODERN LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS. Vol. III. Poetical Notebook of Philip Arthur Larkin; 5 Oct. 1944-10 Mar. 1950. Autograph… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002002226[0003]/040-002002229
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 52617-52619
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100182440653.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1944
- End Date:
- 1950
- Date Range:
- 5 Oct 1944-10 Mar 1950
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Arts Council of Great Britain: Committee of the National Manuscript Collection of Contemporary Writers: MS acquired through, in 1965.
Philip Arthur Larkin, poet: Presented, in 1965.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)