Elizabeth Jennings poetry notebooks 1981–1992

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Elizabeth Jennings poetry notebooks 1981–1992

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The Elizabeth Jennings poetry notebooks contains a small collection of correspondence and literary papers relating to twentieth century British poet Elizabeth Jennings.

.5 linearfeet; (264 items)

eng,

University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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SNAC Resource ID: 6363507

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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...