Bundle of photocopied letters from Philip Larkin to Monica Jones

Scope and Content

Including:

Letters discussing editorship of the P.E.N. Club's New Poems 1958 with Bonamy Dobree and Louis MacNeice, 24 Feb., 6 Mar. 1958.

Letter and postcard discussing editorship of the P.E.N. Club's New Poems 1958 with Bonamy Dobree and Louis MacNeice, also relations with the Marvell Press, 27 Apr. 1958.

Letters discussing the composition of 'The Whitsun Weddings', 12 May, 16 June, 29 July, 1, 22 Sept., 8, 18 Oct.1958.

Letters mentioning George Hartley's plans to make a sound recording of Larkin reading from The Less Deceived, 7 Sept. 1958.

Letter with quotes from 'Gathering Wood' and some general comments on Larkin's early poetry, 22 Sept. 1958.

Letter mentioning correspondence with the Times Literary Supplement concerning the solicitation by libraries of manuscripts from writers, 29 Sept. 1958.

Letters mentioning the Marvell Press sound recording of Larkin reading from The Less Deceived, 7 Sept. 1958.

Letter discussing the writing of 'The Whitsun Weddings', 15 Nov.1958.

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