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Record Id:

040-002891197

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002354004

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100023934381.0x000001

LARK:

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

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Title:

Lee Harwood: Fair copies ('The Crazy Beetle Strikes Again')

Scope & Content:

A bespoke bound volume of Harwood's earliest poems in typescript, entitled 'The crazy beetle strikes again / poems by Lee Harwood / 1959 - 1962'.

139 numbered pages, including title page, dedication page, and Contents pages.

The Contents pages record, in pencil at the left margin, magazine publication (noted in the list below). The volume is divided into the following four sections:

'The crazy beetle strikes again' (poems 1960-1962);
'Trio...Duet...Solo' (3 live prose poems);
'Young man' (poems 1959-1960);
'Translations of poems by Tristan Tzara and Philippe Soupault with an introduction'.

(1) 'The crazy beetle strikes again' (poems 1960-1962):

'The crazy beetle strikes again' (published Poetmeat 2);
'Portrait of the artist';
'Giraffes walked the streets' (published Poetmeat 1);
'White moon 1';
'White moon 2';
'White moon 3' (published Poetmeat 3);
'Laughing girl on the escalator...';
'White apple' (published Poetmeat 5);
'Subconsciously to Jenny';
'You're all mad';
'Rain falling and...';
'5 Haiku for March, 1961';
'And walking in the haze of hot afternoon...';
'And well' (published Poetmeat 2);
'Because the stove...';
'"...Sons of the Revolution"';
'Moon song 1';
'Moon song 2';
'Sometimes it's like as though...' (published Poetmeat 6);
'Winter haiku' (published Poetmeat 1);
'Eruption';
'Subsidence' (published Poetmeat 2);
'November and the blue sky...' (published Poetmeat 9/10);
'Where are the 3 nuns...' (published Poetmeat 1);
'Eleven-thirty. November.' (published Poetmeat 2);
'New Year 1961' (published Poetmeat 3);
'To Seamus';
'To Bal' (published Poetmeat 1);
'Yellow moon...';
'Eternal stairs to the sky...';
'Tiger, tiger in my bed...' (published Poetmeat 2)
'The wind blows up...';
'And trees in bud...';
'Purple rain 1';
'Purple rain 2';
'Rain on the city...';
'Alligators of God';
'Orange d'orange...';
'Greece' (published Poetmeat 1).

(2) 'Trio...Duet...Solo... 3 live prose poems':

'Trio';
'Duet';
'Solo'.

(3) 'Young man' (poems 1959-1960):

'Cocaine for Han-Shan walking cool in the mountains' (1);
'Cocaine for Han-Shan walking cool in the mountains' (2);
'Benzedrine for Han-Shan walking wild in the mountains' (1);
'Benzedrine for Han-Shan walking wild in the mountains' (2);
'Blind man';
'Zen prophet' (1);
'Zen prophet' (2);
'I saw Buddha tonight...';
'To Icana';
'Blues for Woody';
'Mill girls come...';
'It must be sunny in Paris now...';
'Song for Jack';
'Summer haiku 1960';
'In the parks it's tulip time...' (published Poetmeat 6);
'In lilac time...';
'The night air is soft...';
'Night. 2 a.m. & rain' (published Poetmeat 3);
'Summer rain';
'T.V. late night';
'To G.';
'3 Rocking poems';
'Battersea - the embankment';
'To U.K.';
'To Ginge';
'It is only now...';
'To Jean;
'Ospedaletti';
'Swing low...';
'I'm back again...'.

(4) 'Translations of poems by Tristan Tzara and Philippe Soupault with an introduction':

'Tristan Tzara and DADAism';
Tristan Tzara:
'L'homme approximatif - extrait';
'The almost perfect man - an extract';
'Sur une ride du soleil';
'On a sun-ripple...';
'Acceptation du printemps';
'Acceptance of spring';
'Maison Flake';
'Maison Flac';
'Autour';
'Around';
'Voie';
'Way'.
Phillipe Soupault:
'Chansons';
'2 Songs'.
'Tzara and Dada Chronicle' [time-line 1896-1949].

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-002354004
036-002891196
040-002891197

Is part of:

Add MS 88998 : The Papers of Lee Harwood
Add MS 88998/6 : Lee Harwood: Poetry and Occasional Prose (Fair Copies)

Add MS 88998/6/1 : Lee Harwood: Fair copies ('The Crazy Beetle Strikes Again')

Hierarchy:

032-002354004[0007]/036-002891196[0001]/040-002891197

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1959

End Date:

1962

Date Range:

1959-1962

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

265 x 205 mm. Bespoke binding (red boards).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)