Manuscript verse by Sir Peter Quennell

This material is held atUniversity of Southampton Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 738 MS 9
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1926-1927
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

A large notebook, with seven loose paper leaves folded inside, containing manuscript drafts of verse by Sir Peter Quennell, c.1926-7. The poems includes 'Leviathan', 'Meander', 'Hero Entombed', 'The Divers', 'Hermaphrodite', 'The Antelopes', 'Country Man and Hermaphrodite', 'Soldier and Hermaphrodite', 'Inscription over a fountain head' and 'The young sibyl'.

Administrative / Biographical History

Drafts of verse by Sir Peter Quennell

Access Information

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Subjects

Poetry