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Add MS 89083/2/4
- Record Id:
- 040-002767586
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002753623
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100023253633.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89083/2/4
- Title:
- Michael Goldstein: Poetry by Harold Pinter
- Scope & Content:
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Various poems spanning Pinter's career, many of which are dated. Most poems were published in Various Voices (rev. edn. 2009), as indicated below, where dates are also supplied. Nearly all the remaining undated poems have been re-typed by Goldstein who has indicated their date of composition as 'sometime in the 1950s'.
- 1. 'Episode' (3 sheets). 1951. Various Voices, pp. 145-8.
- 2. 'The Task' (1 sheet). 1954. Various Voices, p. 158.
- 3. 'A Cold Night' (1 sheet), with 2 Goldstein copies (2 sheets). 1950s.
- 4. 'The Sandridden Box' (1 sheet). Physical appearance suggests 1950s.
- 5. 'Poem I' and 'Poem II' (1 sheet containing both poems, word-processed). 'Poem I' is the longer original draft (1956) of 'Daylight', Various Voices, p. 160. 'Poem II' ('This time of summer') does not appear in Various Voices (but may be contemporaneous with 'Poem I').
- 6. 'A View of the Party' (2 sheets). 1958. Various Voices, pp. 162-4.
- 7. 'Poem', beginning 'they kissed I turned they stared' (1 sheet). 1971. Various Voices, p. 170.
- 8. 'and all the others' (1 sheet). 1974. Various Voices, p. 172.
- 9. 'Poem', beginning 'I felt soft fingers at my throat' (1 sheet). Dated 'November 1982'. Appears in Various Voices (p. 180) as 'Ghost' (same text) where it is dated 1983.
- 10. 'Poem', beginning 'I saw Len Hutton in his prime' (1 sheet autograph, as posted to Goldstein with original envelope franked 17 June 1986). Various Voices, p. 182.
- 11. 'Restaurant' (1 sheet). Annotated at the foot by Goldstein: 'Rec'd 2/88'.
- 12. 'American Football' (1 sheet). August 1991. Various Voices, p. 280.
- 13. 'God' (1 sheet). 1993. Various Voices, p. 185.
- 14. 'Poem', beginning 'Don't look' (1 sheet). 12 January 1995. Various Voices, p. 186.
- 15. 'Order' (1 sheet, photocopied from printed source including photograph of Pinter). 1996. Various Voices, p. 189.
- 16. 'Cancer Cells' (1 sheet). March 2002. Various Voices, p. 193.
- 17. 'After Lunch' (1 sheet). September 2002. Various Voices, p. 275.
- 18. 'God Bless America' (1 sheet, lower portion torn away). January 2003. Various Voices, p. 276.
- 19. 'Democracy' (1 sheet), with printed e-mail from Pinter to Goldstein dated 5 March 2003: 'Here's my latest poem. It's going to be published in The Spectator believe it or not!' Various Voices, p. 278.
- 20. 'Weather Forecast' ( 1 sheet). 19 March 2003. Various Voices, p. 279.
- 21. 'Lust' (1 sheet). 22 January 2006. Appears: http://www.haroldpinter.org/poetry/index.shtml
- 22. 'Laughter' (1 sheet). 10 November 2006. Various Voices, p. 197. Annotated by Goldstein at the foot: 'Takes a lifetime to give birth to such a creation.'
- 23. 'Poem / (to A)' ( 1 sheet). June 2007. Various Voices, p. 199.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002753623
036-002767466
040-002767586 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89083 : Michael Goldstein: Correspondence with Harold Pinter (including additional correspondence and material by Goldstein and by Pinter)
Add MS 89083/2 : Michael Goldstein: Works by Michael Goldstein and Works by Harold Pinter
Add MS 89083/2/4 : Michael Goldstein: Poetry by Harold Pinter - Hierarchy:
- 032-002753623[0002]/036-002767466[0004]/040-002767586
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89083
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 file
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1951
- End Date:
- 2007
- Date Range:
- [1951]-2007
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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