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Add MS 61838
- Record Id:
- 032-001962079
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001962079
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000055.0x0000bf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 61838
- Title:
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W. H. AUDEN: 'Hankow', a work in two parts; circa 1938-1939. Autograph draft, with many autograph alterations. The present text was incorporated after much alteration in W. H. Auden and C. Isherwood, Journey to a War (1939) which recorded their experiences of China in 1938 during the Japanese invasion. 'Part I, The City' was reworked as chapter 2, pp. 47-71, and 'Part II, Extract from a Journal' as chapters 6 and 7. Purchased at Sotheby's, 22 July 1980, lot 462.
Paper; ff. 15. 330 x 200mm. British Library binding of half blue leather (1990).
- Scope & Content:
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Voyages and Travels: China: Wystan Hugh Auden, poet: `Hankow' by Wystan Hugh Auden: circa 1938-1939: Autogr. draft.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001962079
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-001962079
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1933
- End Date:
- 1943
- Date Range:
- c 1938-1939
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Exhibitions:
- Discovering literature: 20th century, (online), 25 May 2016-
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Auden, Wystan Hugh, poet, 1907-1973
- Places:
- China, Asia
- Related Archive Descriptions:
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