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RepositorySpecial Collections Archives (GB 0029)
Ref NoEUL MS 367/LIT/2/4/1/1
Alt Ref Nooriginal box 4/3
Date[early 1980s]
LevelItem
Extent1 folder
TitleEarly manuscripts of 'The Sea at the Door'
Creator NameKantaris; Sylvia (1936-2021), poet
Descriptiondrafts of 'Bride Ship';

draft of 'The Old Poets';

draft of '[The] Parting';

drafts of 'After the Birthday';

drafts of 'Bluebells';

drafts of '[The Quality/Qualities of] Light at St Ives';

drafts of translations from the French of 'Esthetique' and 'La Melancolie de Pierrot' by Jules Laforgue;

draft of 'Genie in the Bottle';

draft of 'The Womb Room';

drafts of 'The Holiday'/'Journey';

drafts of '[Flying boats, ] Nineteen Forty Four'

draft of 'Jigsaw Puzzle'

drafts of 'The Feast';

drafts of 'Double Exposure';

drafts of 'A Name';

draft of 'A Breath of Sea Air';

drafts of 'Creil';

drafts of 'William Yates'/ ['The Verdict']

drafts of 'As Grass', with comments from Hugo Williams, Poetry Editor, New Statesman;

draft of 'The Cerne Abbas Giant';

drafts of 'Pastoral';

draft of 'Night Crossing'

draft of 'Afterbirth'/['Elegy for an Umbilical Cord'];

draft of 'The Boat Again'/'Night Crossing'

drafts of 'Rain Forest, Queensland';

drafts of 'the Mermaid in Zennor Church';

drafts of 'Pageant';

drafts of '[Real] Evidence';

drafts of contents page and of acknowledgements to publications in which some of the poems had appeared.
FormatManuscript
LanguageEnglish
AccessStatusOpen
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