Derek Stanford Collection 1965-1968

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Derek Stanford Collection 1965-1968

Consists of 12 handwritten and typed letters between Derek Stanford and Michel Remy (who was writing a thesis on David Gascoyne at that time), the Poetry Society, and The Scotsman Magazine. Also included are handwritten, typed and carbon copy typed drafts of various essays and articles written by Derek Stanford about David Gascoyne, a well as Stanford's unpublished autobiography, The Pumpkin Tree.

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Gascoyne, David, 1916-2001

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Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000350.0x000245 David Gascoyne is an English poet and editor. He was born in Salisbury, England, and educated there and in London. He was influenced by French surrealist poets. Gascoyne authored "The Vagrant" (1950), "Night Thought" (1956) and other verse. "Collected Poems" was published in 1978. Gascoyne's "Collected Verse Translations" (1971) received much praise ...

Remy, Michel, active 1962

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Stanford, Derek.

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Derek Stanford was a author, biographer, poet, and Fellow of the [British] Royal Society. From the guide to the Derek Stanford Papers, 1968, (Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.) Derek Stanford was born in Lampton, England on October 11, 1918, to Richard James and Ada Stanford. Stanford attended Upper Latymer Scool in London. He then married Margaret Holdsworth, poet, who publishes under the name Margaret Philips. Stanfor...