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- 1966 (Creation)
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i, 59 ff. (blank from f. 34 verso; text mostly on rectos) ; 255 x 205 mm.
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Notebook containing autograph drafts, September 1966, of a series of eight lectures entitled 'Modern Poetry Lectures', apparently given by Vernon Watkins at the University College of Swansea.
The lecture notes contain references to various poets, in particular T. S. Eliot (ff. 2-16 passim), W. B. Yeats (ff. 3-31 passim), D. H. Lawrence (ff. 17-24), Wilfred Owen (ff. 24, 26-31) and David Jones (ff. 24-28). Excerpts from the notes were published in Poetry Wales, 12.4 (Spring 1977), 52-55.
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Staples removed and bindings re-stitched at NLW.
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A detailed list of the manuscript's contents may be found in Vernon Watkins Manuscripts: Group II (1988, 2001) (https://archives.library.wales/external_documents/VernonWatkins2.pdf).
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Preferred citation: NLW MS 23758C.
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- Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 -- Criticism and interpretation (Subject)
- Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939 -- Criticism and interpretation. (Subject)
- Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930 -- Criticism and interpretation. (Subject)
- Owen, Wilfred, 1893-1918 -- Criticism and interpretation. (Subject)
- Jones, David, 1895-1974 (Subject)