Loose inserts from Thom Gunn,My sad captains

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- GB 133 NBK/100
Alternative Id.
Dates of Creation
- 1956-1961
Physical Description
- 4 pieces

Scope and Content

Loose material from Thom Gunn, My sad captains: and other poems (London: Faber and Faber, 1961), comprising:

/1 Cutting: 'An authentic talent', an unattributed review of the book; from the Times Literary Supplement (29 September 1961).
/2 Cutting: 'The poet of the black jackets', a review by A. Alvarez of Gunn's book along with Thomas Blackburn's A smell of burning; from an unidentified publication (n.d.)
/3 Cutting: 'A mythologising tendency', a review by Bernard Bergonzi of Gunn's volume, along with books by Ralph Hodgson and Sir Francis Meynell; from an unidentified publication.
/4 Cutting: an unattributed article on Gunn, forming the fourth in a 'Four young poets' series; from the Times Educational Supplement (3 August 1956).

All pieces inserted inside front cover.

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