Bundle of photocopied letters from Philip Larkin to Monica Jones

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DX341/6
  • Dates of Creation
    • Aug-Nov 1954
  • Physical Description
    • 1 bundle, 25 letters

Scope and Content

Including:

Letter discussing comments received from Kingsley Amis on poems submitted to the Dolmen Press, particularly 'Church Going', 16 Aug. 1954.

Letter discussing submission of three poems to the editors of the P.E.N. anthology New Poems, 1955, 29 Aug. 1954.

Letter discussing entries in Larkin's diary, 13 Sept. 1954.

Letter discussing advertisement of the post of Librarian at the University of Hull, 23 Sept. 1954.

Postcard and letter discussing rejection of poems submitted to the Dolmen Press, 6, 10 Oct. 1954.

Letters and postcard mentioning application for post of Librarian at the University of Hull, 10, 18, 18 Oct. 1954.

Letters and postcards discussing interview for and subsequent appointment to post of Librarian at the University of Hull, 11, 14, 23, 23, 28 Nov. 1954.

Letter discussing draft of 'Myxomatosis', 14 Nov. 1954.

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