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Poetry, 1929 - 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Williams 2/9

Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript poems, together with some prose work, written by Gladys Skelton (later Bendit): many items are undated but many are numbered as if for a volume to be published. Items include:
T’Bubui in Bubastis: A Fragment (fragment of a verse drama, one of whose characters is named Satni);
Obituary for the Middle Class (prose), 10pp typescript signed John Presland, no date [1960s?];
A Dinner Party; The Stoic, 1945; Atomic Bomb; Epitaph, 1965; The Meeting; The Lovers; Envoi; Sanctuary; August 1939; and Autumnal 1940.
Numbered items are as follows:
1. Pilgrimage (Love in Bloomsbury is crossed out);
2. Of Beauty;
3. The Untamed;
4. The Revenant;
6. The Companion;
8. At a Dance;
9. Epitaph;
10. The Hunter;
11. Retreat;
12. Rimola;
13. Soliloquy;
14. Song from T’Bubui in Bubastis I;
15. Song from T’Bubui in Bubastis II;
16. Misericordia;
17. A Reservation;
18. Escape;
19. The Middle Years: To H.C.M.;
20. A Quiet Place;
21. Lesbos;
22. Could Heart but look to Heart;
23. In a Wood;
24. The Kiss;
25. Enchantment;
26. War;
26. Homecoming.




























Dates

  • Creation: 1929 - 1965

Creator

Extent

1 file(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Bibliography

Most of the material listed here was published in 'Selected Poems of John Presland', Linden Press, 1961.

Originator(s)

Skelton, Gladys

Finding aid date

2013-10-22 12:29:38+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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