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Add MS 88936/1/12-15
- Record Id:
- 038-000786471
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000786456
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000047.0x000177
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88936/1/12-15
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Papers for 'The Sun my monument'. Most of the poems had been previously published in periodicals, and the drafts and texts presented to these periodicals are included below. Twelve other poems had been assembled as part of the abortive collection prepared in 1942, and original texts of these are included there (Add MS 88936/1/11). All the poems listed on the contents list for another abandoned book of poetry entitled 'Life & Guadalquivir' in a notebook used for Lee's wartime work in the Ministry of Information at Add MS 88936/2/1 were published in The Sun my monument.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000786456
036-000786457
037-000786470
038-000786471 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88936 : Laurie Lee Papers
Add MS 88936/1 : Laurie Lee: Poetry
Add MS 88936/1/12-17 : Papers for poems prepared for publication in Lee's three volumes of poems published in book form for the first time. Most…
Add MS 88936/1/12-15 : Papers for 'The Sun my monument'. Most of the poems had been previously published in periodicals, and the drafts and… - Contains:
- Add MS 88936/1/12 : Poems in the collection from autograph to galley proof stage.Contents:I. Texts of poems included in the collection. Original…
Add MS 88936/1/13 : Page proof. With a proof of 'River', which was inserted after the page proof stage to occupy two blank pages, and with a…
Add MS 88936/1/14 : First printed edition, with a few autograph amendments and with the title of the poem 'River Guadalquivir' changed…
Add MS 88936/1/15 : A reprint of 1961 of the published work; 1961. With a photocopy of 'Music in a Spanish town', and a letter from Hilary…
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- 032-000786456[0001]/036-000786457[0003]/037-000786470[0001]/038-000786471
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88936
- Record Type (Level):
- SubSubSeries
- Extent:
- 4 folders
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1939
- End Date:
- 1961
- Date Range:
- [1939]-1961
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Publications:
- The Sun my monument was published London: Hogarth Press, 1944.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)