'Bitter Fame' Correspondence File 5, 1990 - 1993, 1997
Scope and Contents
A file holding letters sent to and by Anne Stevenson, connected to her biography on Sylvia Plath, Bitter Fame, which include reactions to the publication following its release. Correspondents include: Olwyn Hughes, Ted Hughes, Peter Davison at Houghton Mifflin, Robert McMullen, Jude Bourguignon at Penguin Books, Dale J. Sprague, Bob Dykeman, C.J. Hardy, Jullian Becker, Ruth Scott, Madeline Strong Diehl, Marion Bright, Paul Roche, Joe Lobenthal, Richard Murphy, Ruth Fainlight, Ronald Evans, and Susan E. Hileman. The following are also present in the file: photocopies of reviews of Bitter Fame, copies of letters between parties other than Stevenson, and a remittance advice from Penguin Books.
Dates
- Creation: 1990 - 1993
- Creation: 1997
Creator
- Abse, Daniel, CBE, 1923-2014 (Poet and Physician) (Person)
- Adcock, Fleur, OBE, 1934-2024 (Poet and Editor) (Person)
- Becker, Jillian, b 1932 (Academic, Author and Journalist) (Person)
- Brownjohn, Alan Charles, 1931-2024 (Poet and Novelist) (Person)
- Clarke, Gillian, b 1937 (Poet) (Person)
- Curtis, Tony, b 1946 (Poet) (Person)
- Davison, Peter, 1928-2004 (Poet and Publisher) (Person)
- Diehl, Madeline Strong, b [1962] (Journalist, Poet and Playwright) (Person)
- Dunmore, Helen, 1952-2017 (Poet and Novelist) (Person)
- Edmond, Lauris Dorothy, OBE, 1924-2000 (Poet and Writer) (Person)
- Elvin, Charles Lionel, 1967-2022 (Charity CEO and Son of Anne Stevenson) (Person)
- Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, 1916-1995 (Poet) (Person)
- Fainlight, Ruth, b 1931 (Poet, Translator and Writer) (Person)
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Publishing Company) (1832-) (United States of America) (Organization)
- Hughes, Edward James, 1930-1998 (Poet Laureate) (Person)
- Hughes, Olwyn Marguerite, 1928-2016 (Literary Agent) (Person)
- McMullen, Robert D., fl 1980s-2020s (Psychiatrist) (Person)
- Moules, Sue, fl 1970s-2020s (Poet) (Person)
- Mount, William Robert Ferdinand, Sir, b 1939 (3rd Baronet of Wasing) (Person)
- Murphy, Richard Kerr, 1927-2018 (Poet) (Person)
- Penguin Books Ltd (Organization)
- Redgrove, Peter William, 1932-2003 (Poet and Author) (Person)
- Roche, Paul, 1916-2007 (Poet) (Person)
- Scammell, William Neill, 1939-2000 (Poet) (Person)
- Schaeffer, Susan Fromberg, 1940-2011 (Academic, Poet and Novelist) (Person)
- Shuttle, Penelope, b 1947 (Poet and Author) (Person)
- Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, 1909-1995 (Knight, poet and critic) (Person)
- Sprague, Dale J., fl 1980s-2020s (Editor and Writer) (Person)
- Stevenson, Anne Katharine, 1933-2020 (Poet) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is held by various claimants.
Extent
1 file(s) (A gusseted folder.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Separated Materials
Further remittance advice slips from Penguin Books can be found in the file, MS Add.9451/18/506.
Subject
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