Bundle of photocopied letters from Philip Larkin to Monica Jones

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DX341/3
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1951
  • Physical Description
    • 1 bundle, 73 letters

Scope and Content

Includes:

Letters containing early draft of portions of 'Next, Please', 6, 17 Jan. 1951.

2 letters discussing preparation of XX Poems for publication, 16, 31 Jan. 1951.

2 letters discussing the publication of XX Poems, 11, 14 Feb. 1951.

Letter discussing correction of proofs of XX Poems, 18 Apr. 1951.

Letter enclosing copy of XX poems, 28 Apr. 1951

Postcard thanking Jones for comments on XX Poems, [franked] 9 May 1951.

2 letters discussing XX Poems, 18, 23 May 1951.

Letters discussing reception of copies of XX Poems circulated by Larkin, 18 June, 5 July, 11, 18 Aug. 1951.

Letters discussing reviews of XX Poems, 1 Sept., 5, 22 Nov. 1951.

2 letters containing brief outline of a draft novel, 6, 15 Oct. 1951 (see Larkin, Trouble at Willow Gables and Other Fictions, ed. James Booth, 2002).

Letter enclosing TS. draft of 'March Past', 15 Oct. 1951.

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