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Add MS 74237 H
- Record Id:
- 040-001968361
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001968353
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001061.0x0000cf
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 74237 H
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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H. John Burnside: manuscript draft and typewritten fair copy of 'Leaving the Ark', a poem about the Bedford Hours by John Burnside, Reader in Creative Writing at the University of St Andrews (b.1955); n.d. Includes a letter to Richard [Price, of the British Library] from John Burnside about the poem and his method of composition; 17 Sept 1998. The letter also mentions Burnside's second novel and the final version of his next book of poems The Asylum Dance (2000), winner of the Whitbread Poetry Award. Presented by John Burnside; Sept. 1998.
Paper; ff. 17-19. 296 x 210mm.
includes:
- ff. 17-18 Poetry ENGLISH: John Burnside, poet and novelist: Poem 'Leaving the Ark' about the Bedford Hours by John Burnside: n.d.: Two copies, one autogr., one typewritten.
- f. 19 John Burnside, poet and novelist: Letter rel. to the poem 'Leaving the Ark', and to his second novel 'The Asylum Dance': 1998: Signed.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001968353
040-001968361 - Is part of:
- Add MS 74237 A-ZZ : Miscellaneous Letters and Papers
Add MS 74237 H : H. John Burnside: manuscript draft and typewritten fair copy of 'Leaving the Ark', a poem about the Bedford Hours by John… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001968353[0008]/040-001968361
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 74237 A-ZZ
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1998
- End Date:
- 1998
- Date Range:
- 17 Sep 1998
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Burnside, John, poet and novelist, b 1955