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Vernon Watkins manuscripts
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On Dylan Thomas

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1948-1967, of published poetry and published and unpublished prose by Vernon Watkins, mostly composed following the death of Dylan Thomas in 1953, including drafts of Vernon Watkins's poem 'Elegy for the Latest Dead', 1954, and two unfinished poems by Dylan Thomas, 'Elegy' and 'In Country Heaven', completed by Vernon Watkins; and radio scripts, lecture notes, draft reviews and articles by him relating to Dylan Thomas and his work.

Thomas, Dylan, 1914-1953

On W. B. Yeats

Autograph and typescript drafts, [c. 1940]-[1967], by Vernon Watkins of essays and lecture notes on W. B. Yeats and his work.

On Wilfred Owen

Autograph and typescript essays and lecture notes, [c. 1935]-[1966], on Wilfred Owen and his poetry.

Poems

Miscellaneous autograph and typescript drafts, 1931-1967, of shorter poems by Vernon Watkins, all apparently unpublished.

Poems

Notebook containing drafts, 1934, of apparently unpublished poems by Vernon Watkins, with a note in his hand, 'Ramblings towards Poems' (f. 1).

Poems

Exercise book containing untitled draft poems, [c. 1941], by Vernon Watkins, all apparently unpublished, together with 'Carol', a verse translation from French, published in Selected Verse Translation (1977).

Poems

Notebook containing draft poems, 1942, by Vernon Watkins, apparently mainly unpublished.

Poems

Exercise book containing drafts, 1933, by Vernon Watkins of apparently unpublished poems entitled 'Barents' and 'Pulchritudo'.

Poems

Notebook containing drafts, 1934, of poems by Vernon Watkins, all apparently unpublished.

Poems of the Sea

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1938-1965, of two long poems by Vernon Watkins, apparently unpublished, at one time part of a group entitled 'Three Poems of the Sea'.

Poetry

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1946-1967, and photocopies of poems by Vernon Watkins chosen by Ruth Pryor and Gwen Watkins for inclusion in The Ballad of the Outer Dark (1979), together with draft introduction and notes by Ruth Pryor, and correspondence, 1976-1978, relating to publication.

Watkins, Gwen

Poetry

Notebook containing one draft poem, 1937, by Vernon Watkins, untitled and apparently unpublished, together with a partial transcript by him of 'Call unto Death' by D. H. Lawrence.

Poetry

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1935-1967, of poems by Vernon Watkins, mostly published in The Ballad of the Mari Lwyd (1941), The Lady with the Unicorn (1948), Cypress and Acacia (1959), Affinities (1962), Fidelities (1968), Uncollected Poems (1969), I That Was Born in Wales (1976) and The Breaking of the Wave (1979).

Poetry

Autograph and typescript drafts, 1937-1967, of poems by Vernon Watkins included in The Ballad of the Outer Dark (1979).

Poetry and prose

Typescript drafts, 1941-1963, of published works by Vernon Watkins, comprising two poems, 'Discoveries' (see The Ballad of the Mari Lwyd (1941)), and 'The Salmon' (see Uncollected Poems (1969)) (ff. 1-2); a prose translation of a play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, 'The Salzburg Great World Theatre' (see Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Selected Plays and Libretti, ed. by Michael Hamburger (1963)) (ff. 3-49); and a foreword, 1963, to Kenneth Grahame, The Golden Age and Dream Days (1964) (ff. 50-57).

Poetry, prose and correspondence

Typescript draft, [1940s], of Vernon Watkins's poem 'Yeats in Dublin' (ff. 1-7; see also NLW MS 21263E, ff. 46-58); a radio script, 1958, of Watkins's 'The Ballad of the Mari Lwyd', produced by Douglas Cleverdon and annotated by him (ff. 8-30); and personal and family correspondence, [c. 1946]-1988 (ff. 31-70).

Prose and verse

Looseleaf notebook, 1936, containing prose and verse impressions by Vernon Watkins composed during a visit to Spain (ff. 1-42), together with draft poems inspired by a visit to Austria, all apparently unpublished.

Published poems

Autograph and typescript drafts, [1944]-[1954], of four poems by Vernon Watkins, published in The Lady with the Unicorn (London, 1948) (ff. 1-3) and The Death Bell (London, 1954) (ff. 4-7).
It includes a manuscript draft, [1944], of 'The Sardine-Fishers' (published as 'Sardine-Fishers at Daybreak') (ff. 2-3).

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