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- 1933-[c. 1944] (Creation)
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i, 212 ff. (many blank leaves) ; 235 x 190 mm. and less.
School notebook and exercise books, guarded and filed.
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Notebooks of Idris Davies, 1933-[c. 1944], comprising 'Short Story Subjects' (ff. 1-4); a draft poem (f. 17); fragments of a draft novel about a coal miner's life in the form of a diary (ff. 34-98); two drafts of the beginning of a novel or short story about a miner (ff. 103-11); a work entitled 'The Tales of Lewsin Slant' (ff. 116-33); further memories of Idris Davies's early days as a miner (ff. 151-68 verso); notes on writing (ff. 171-5, draft poem on f. 174 verso), psychology and sex (ff. 179-81); and an autobiographical memoir entitled 'Keats and After' (ff. 187-211 verso).
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- English
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English.
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Publication note
For 'The Tales of Lewsin Slant' see Islwyn Jenkins, Idris Davies of Rhymney (Llandysul, 1986), p. 168.
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 22410C.
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- Keats, John, 1795-1821 (Subject)
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- English