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Record Id:

040-003366102

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003345873

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100039960173.0x000001

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 89203/2/4/19

Title:

Will Self: My Idea of Fun (draft, and editor's notes)

Scope & Content:

(1) Word processed draft, revised by Self (in black ink and blue ink). Includes editor's marks and comment (in pencil) particularly against Chapter One text. The draft lacks the 'Intermission' following Chapter Five.

Front matter and 'Prologue' (pp. [1]-19).
Chapter One: 'What You See is What You Get' (pp. 20-45).
Chapter Two: 'Crossing the Abyss' (pp. 46-80).
Chapter Three: 'The Fat Controller' (pp. 81-135.
Chapter Four: 'My Universities' (pp. 136-78).
Chapter Five: 'Rehabilitation' (pp. 179-222).
Book Two title page, epigraph, and Chapter Six: 'The Land of Children's Jokes' (pp. 223-69).
Chapter Seven: 'Yum-Yum' (pp. 270-303).
Chapter Eight: 'Re-enter The Fat Controller' (pp. 304-42).
Chapter Nine: 'The Money Critic' (pp. 343-89).
Chapter Ten: 'The North London Book of the Dead (Reprise)' (pp. 390-419).
Epilogue: 'At the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station' (pp. 420-4).

(2). Typed 'Editorial Notes' and a covering autograph note (not dated) from Morgan Entrekin (Atlantic Monthly Press letterhead, New York). The 'Notes' appear to relate to this particular draft and its annotations. 'Welcome to New York. I enclose my editorial notes'. (15 sheets.)

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359578
040-003366102

Is part of:

Add MS 89203 : The Papers of Will Self
Add MS 89203/2 : Will Self: Personal and Literary Papers
Add MS 89203/2/4 : Will Self: Fiction

Add MS 89203/2/4/19 : Will Self: My Idea of Fun (draft, and editor's notes)

Hierarchy:

032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0006]/036-003359578[0019]/040-003366102

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89203

Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 file

Digitised Content:

Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1992

End Date:

1992

Date Range:

[1992]

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Printed on perforated 'continuous stationery' (now separate sheets).

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)