Letters (30) : Hull and Oxford, to Vernon and Gwen Watkins, 1957-1977.

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Letters (30) : Hull and Oxford, to Vernon and Gwen Watkins, 1957-1977.

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Concerning Watkins's submission to an anthology Larkin is editing for PEN (New Poems 1958); Watkins's early influence on Larkin; Larkin's admiration for Watkins despite their artistic differences; the poetry of Thomas Hardy, William Butler Yeats, and Dylan Thomas; the cataloging of Watkins's poetic manuscripts for the British Museum; a new edition of Larkin's The North Ship, in the introduction to which Larkin wishes to quote Watkins; an interview Larkin did with The Guardian; Larkin's derision of his own early work; and (in the letters to Gwen Watkins) Larkin's article "Vernon Watkins: An Encounter and a Re-Encounter" for the magazine Mabon (a photocopy of Larkin's corrected typescript for the article is included).

30 items (52 p.) + with 13 envelopes.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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