Scope and Contents Material connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on poet, Sylvia Plath, which was originally published in 1989. The biography received a second edition in 1998, released in the wake of Ted Hughes' final collection of poetry, Birthday Letters, which the new edition's preface addressed.This series is composed primarily of various drafts written by Stevenson. There are also drafts of memoirs produced by Lucas Myers, Dido Merwin and Richard Murphy, which were...

Scope and Contents Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. The first file holds items dating between January and June 1987, while the contents of the second file date from July to December that year. Correspondents include representatives from Penguin Books, Olwyn Hughes, Peter Davison at the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Lucas Myers, Richard Murphy, J. Melvin Woody, Clarissa Roche, and Trevor Thomas. The...

Scope and Contents A file holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame. Correspondents include Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Richard Murphy, Mark Le Fanu, Jillian Becker, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; and Helga Huws. The following are also present in the file: a pile of notes by Olwyn Hughes and Stevenson, photocopies of letters sent by Stevenson to various individuals; and...

Scope and Contents Two files holding letters sent to Anne Stevenson in connection to her work on the Sylvia Plath biography, Bitter Fame, and promotional activities relating to its publication in 1989. The first file holds items dating between January and June of that year, while the contents of the second file date from July to December. Correspondents include Trevor Thomas, Peter Davison and other representatives from the publisher, Houghton Mifflin; Jillian Becker, Olwyn Hughes,...

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A file holding undated letters and notes connected to Anne Stevenson's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. Correspondents and other individuals represented in this file include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Carol Hughes, Paul Winstanley, Dido Merwin, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Judith Flanders, Trevor Thomas, and Janet Malcolm.

Scope and Contents Letters, printouts of emails, cards, and postcards sent to Anne Stevenson from friends, family, business associates, literary peers, companies, charities, educational institutions, and people who admired her work. Some letters are accompanied by copies of poems written by the correspondents. Also present are contracts, financial statements, sales invoices and other items that Stevenson received through the post.This series is composed of 37 boxes and 783 identified correspondents,...

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Material relating to two critical studies written by Anne Stevenson on the works of American poet, Elizabeth Bishop. The first was published in 1966, and is titled Elizabeth Bishop. The second study, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop, was originally published in 1998, and later republished in 2006.

Scope and Contents Material relating to Anne Stevenson's critical study, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop, which was originally published in 1998 by Agenda/Bellew Poets on Poetry, and later republished by Bloodaxe Books in 2006. The items present in this sub-series are only connected to the book's original publication.This sub-series is subdivided into the following: files with notes, outlines of chapters and draft passages; files with chapter-specific drafts for four of the...

Scope and Contents A file holding material relating to an interview conducted by Gillian Allnutt with Anne Stevenson, under the title, Conversation with Anne Stevenson 2. The following are present: a printout of an email from Allnutt to Stevenson; a printout of an email from Peter Lucas to Stevenson, which has a draft of the interview article; and a word-processed 'draft 3' of the article. [This interview may or may not have a connection to the online exhibition created by Durham...

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A file holding material relating to the honorary doctorate awarded to Anne Stevenson by the University of Michigan in 2008. The following are present, but not limited to: two certificates, one of which is in a presentation folder; correspondence, event documentation, photographs, one of which features artist Faith Ringgold, who also received an honorary doctorate at the same ceremony; and a bound transcript of the award ceremony's proceedings.

Scope and Contents 12 folders holding drafts of the first chapter from Anne Stevenson's critical study, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop. The folders contain the following:1. A 17-page word-processed draft, which bears the chapter's original title, 'Our Infant Sight.' There are annotations in Stevenson's hand, and the first page is marked in pencil on the top-right corner as 'Sandra's' [Sandra Barry].2. A 27-page word-processed draft, which bears the chapter's...

Scope and Contents Seven folders holding drafts of the third chapter from Anne Stevenson's critical study, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop. The folders contain the following:1. A 13-page word-processed draft. There are annotations in Stevenson's hand. Printed on the reverse are page proofs for pages 62 to 65, 67, 69 and 70, 73 to 75 and 82 to 84 from Stevenson's The Collected Poems, 1955-1995.2. A 21-page word-processed draft with pages...

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Material relating to Anne Stevenson's 2005 collection of previously published works, Poems 1955-2005. The files in this sub-series are composed primarily of word-processed copies of poems and drafts of preliminaries (e.g. table of contents). There is also an incomplete set of corrected page proofs for this publication.

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A file holding material relating to Anne Stevenson's 2005 collection of previously published works, Poems 1955-2005. The following are present: an incomplete set of corrected page proofs; word-processed drafts of the table of contents for the publication; and a copy of notes sent by Peter Lucas and Stevenson to her publisher, Neil Astley at Bloodaxe Books, regarding the publication's preliminaries.

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A file holding a press release, and three commemorative photographs in presentation folders, relating to an honorary doctorate awarded to Anne Stevenson by Loughborough University. The two-page press release lists eight recipients of honorary doctorates, including Stevenson. The photographs document Stevenson receiving her degree from university officials, accompanied by her husband, Peter.

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An eight-page typescript document holding notes with suggested revisions to the text of Anne Stevension's biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame. This document is dated 'Dec 1989' and has the initials 'P.L.' [Peter Lucas?] on the top right corner of the first page. The first page also has annotations and corrections by Stevenson in pencil and ink.

The revisions found in this document are present in the 'next to final' draft; see entry MS Add.9451/10/17.

Scope and Contents Ten folders holding drafts of the second chapter from Anne Stevenson's critical study, Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop. The folders contain the following:1. A six-page word-processed draft, bearing the title, 'Time's Andromedas.' There are annotations in Stevenson's hand.2. A 32-page word-processed draft, including two pages of endnotes. There are annotations in Stevenson's hand.3. A 33-page word-processed draft, including two pages of...