Elizabeth Jennings papers 1940–1977 1958–1969

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Elizabeth Jennings papers 1940–1977 1958–1969

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The Elizabeth Jennings papers document the work of British poet Elizabeth Jennings (1926–2001). Associated with The Movement, Jennings was a prolific writer. The collection contains letters, notebooks, miscellaneous prose, and juvenilia.

2.3 linear feet; (281 items)

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University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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Jennings, Elizabeth, 1926-2001

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Elizabeth Joan Jennings was born on July 18, 1926, in Boston, Lincolnshire, England, to Henry Cecil Jennings, a medical officer of health, and Helen Mary Turner. Raised as a Roman Catholic, she attended Rye St. Antony School and later Oxford High School. When Jennings was thirteen years old she discovered poetry, first struck by Chesterton's The Battle of Lepanto. She found early encouragement in teachers and an uncle, himself a poet. Jennings studied English at St. Anne's College, Oxford from 1...