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Add MS 89203/2/4/20
- Record Id:
- 040-003366172
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003345873
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100039990968.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89203/2/4/20
- Title:
- Will Self: My Idea of Fun (revised photocopy draft)
- Scope & Content:
-
Photocopied word processed text, revised by hand. The text lacks the 'Intermission' (although it is listed in the Contents page).
The draft material comprises:
- Title page and Contents (3 sheets).
- 'Prologue' (title page to 'Book One', epigraph page, and pp. 5-19). Epigraph page is annotated as '4th Draft').
- Chapter One: 'What You See Is What You Get' (pp. 20-45).
- Chapter Two: 'Crossing the Abyss' (pp. 46-80, with additional pp. 66/1 and 69/1 inserted).
- Chapter Three: 'The Fat Controller' (pp. 81-126).
- Chapter Four: 'My Universities' (pp. 127-70).
- Chapter Five: 'Rehabilitation' (pp. 171-214).
- Chapter Six: 'The Land of Children's Jokes' (pp. 215-63).
- Chapter Seven: 'Yum-Yum' (pp. 264-97).
- Chapter Eight: 'Re-enter the Fat Controller' (pp. 298-336).
- Chapter Nine: 'The Money Critic' (pp. 337-83).
- Chapter Ten: 'The North London Book of the Dead (Reprise)' (pp. 384-413). NB p. 391 is not a photocopy.
- Epilogue: 'At the Oyster Bar in Grand Central Station' (pp. 414-8).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003345873
033-003357982
036-003359578
040-003366172 - 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 89203/2/4/20 : Will Self: My Idea of Fun (revised photocopy draft) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003345873[0002]/033-003357982[0006]/036-003359578[0020]/040-003366172
- 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:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)