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Add MS 88899/1/25
- Record Id:
- 040-000000483
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-000000450
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000128.0x0000d9
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 88899/1/25
- Title:
- Angela Carter Papers: 'Fireworks' 1
- Scope & Content:
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'Fireworks: Nine Profane Pieces'. Drafts of the following stories:
1. 'The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter'. Two typewritten drafts, heavily annotated, and two fair copies, the first dated Tokyo May-July 1970. One draft is incomplete.
2. 'The Loves of Lady Purple'. Typewritten fair copy, with annotations increasing towards the end; dated Tokyo - Katakai, September - December 1970. For a computer-generated comic strip based on this story, see Add MS 88899/2/10.
3. ['The Flesh and the Mirror'], early version marked 'Untitled'. Two typewritten drafts, heavily annotated; n.d. Various tentative titles have been struck through on the first draft.
4. 'Master'. Four drafts, typewritten and annotated, the first partly autograph; the 'Penultimate or last draft' is dated July 1973.
5. 'Reflections'. Four typewritten drafts, heavily annotated; n.d. One draft is imperfect, with the opening page re-typed.
6. Pages entitled 'Before the Revolution'. Typewritten draft, heavily annotated, partly autograph. Apparently an early version of part of 'Elegy of a Freelance'. Compare the file marked 'False starts' (Add MS 88899/1/84).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-000000450
036-000000451
037-000000481
038-000000482
040-000000483 - Is part of:
- Add MS 88899 : Angela Carter Papers
Add MS 88899/1 : Angela Carter Papers: Writings and literary material
Add MS 88899/1/25-46 : Angela Carter Papers: Short Stories
Add MS 88899/1/25-32 : Angela Carter Papers: 'Fireworks' 1-8
Add MS 88899/1/25 : Angela Carter Papers: 'Fireworks' 1 - Hierarchy:
- 032-000000450[0001]/036-000000451[0002]/037-000000481[0001]/038-000000482[0001]/040-000000483
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 88899
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1970
- End Date:
- 1973
- Date Range:
- 1970-1973, nd
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)