Manuscript school essay by Edmund Chandler concerning T. S. Eliot's poem 'East Coker', dated 7 October 1940.
With accompanying typescript letter dated 8 December 1940 from T. S. Eliot complimenting Chandler on the quality of his essay [written following Chandler's teacher forwarding the essay to T. S. Eliot], and noting that he has made 'a few marginal comments' upon returning Chandler's essay.
The Chandler family, originally from Vienna, moved to London in the 1930s to 'escape the Nazis'; Edmund was evacuated to Weston-Super-Mare during the Second World War.
Source: from notes compiled by the Alumni Office when the manuscripts were donated.
Open, access to all registered researchers.
Presented by the daughter of Edmund Chandler and transferred to Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections by the Alumni Office, November 2011.
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Description enhanced by Christopher Olive, July 2018. Prepared in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G).
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