Annotated books, 1960 - 1974
Scope and Contents
Books owned by Veronica Forrest-Thomson, annotated throughout in her hand:
1) Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading (London: Faber and Faber, 1963, 2nd edn.);
2) Ezra Pound, Collected Shorter Poems (London: Faber and Faber, 1968, 2nd edn.). Ex libris, ‘Veronica Forrest 8/70 Cantab’;
3) T S Eliot (ed.) Literary Essays of Ezra Pound (London: Faber and Faber, 1963, 2nd edn.);
4) T S Eliot, The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (London: Methuen, 1960). Ex libris, ‘Vee Forrest-Thomson, 1964’;
5) William Carlos Williams, Pictures from Brueghel and other poems: Collected Poems 1950-1962 (London: MacGibbon & Kee, 1968, 2nd impn.);
6) Sylvia Plath, Winter Trees (London: Faber and Faber, 1971). 'Veronica Forrest-Thomson 11/71 Cantab';
7) J H Prynne, 'Wound Response' (Street Editions, Cambridge 1974). The title page has a dedication from Prynne ('For Veronica Forrest-Thomson & there is no limit at all: what we know we thus surmount'), in which he calls himself J Hah Prynne, dated Cambridge 30 September 1974. 'The Blade Given Back', pp 6-7, is annotated by V F-T and the book is accompanied by a sheet of paper written in V F-T's hand which appears to comprise a critical response to Prynne's poem;
8) 'L'Aventure Dada (1916-1922): Essai, dictionnaire et textes choisis par George Hugnet' (Editions Seghers 1971). 'Veronica Forrest-Thomson Paris 8/72' [the annotations in the opening pages contain phrases and draft passages which eventually comprised parts of V F-T's poem, 'Le Pont Traverse: Ode'];
9) Yves Bonnefoy, 'Rimbaud par lui-même' (Aux Editions du Seuil, 1961). 'Veronica Forrest 15/4/65'.
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 1974
Creator
- From the Fonds: Thomson, Veronica Elizabeth Marian (Forrest-, 1947-1975, poet) (Person)
Extent
9 volume(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Originator(s)
Various
Finding aid date
2012-11-20 10:22:42+00:00
Repository Details
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