Worksheets of poems by Gavin Ewart published in 'Or Where a Young Penguin Lies Screaming' (1978)

This material is held atHull University Archives, Hull History Centre

  • Reference
    • GB 50 U DP163/10
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1978
  • Physical Description
    • 25 items

Scope and Content

Including:

a) 'The lion griefs' press cutting from 'Times Literary Supplement'

b) 'Brilliant Spy and Totally Inadequate Man', (ts. and carbon)

c) 'A Passionate Woman' (ms. and carbon)

d) 'The Gods of the Copybook Headings' (ms.)

e) 'On the Tercentenary of Milton's Death,' (See U DP/163/12[ab]), (ms. and carbon)

f) 'The Lady Left Behind', (ts. and carbon)

g) 'How Tragedy is Impossible' (ms. and carbons) (2)

h) 'Oh, Darling!' (ts.)

i) 'Perchance A Jealous Foe' (photocopy of ts.)

j) 'The Thirties Love Lyric' (tss.) (2)

k) 'The Reviewing of Poetry' (ms. and carbons) (2)

l) 'A Wee Song For St. Andrew's Day' (ms. and British Broadcasting Corporation(?) reading copy)

m) 'The Noble English Traveller Contemplates Turkish Delight' (ms.)

n) 'Leaving Leeds', (carbon)

o) 'The Immense Advantage' (carbon)

p) 'Hereward The Weak', (ts.)

q) 'It's Hard To Dislike Ewart', (carbon)

r) 'Variations and Excerpts' (ms. and carbon)

s) 'Four Variations' (ms. and carbon)

t) Sonnet: 'Brief Encounter' (carbon)

u) Sonnet: 'Wise Sir Bowgentle' (ms.)

v) Sonnet: 'How Life Too Is Sentimental' (ms. and carbon) News Items for Literate Children (not in volume) (ms.)

w) Sonnet: 'Gulls' (ms.)

x) Sonnet: 'The Womansmell of Sex' (ms. and ts.)

y) Sonnet: 'Shakespeare's Universality' (ms. and ts.)

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