Peter Larkin: Literary correspondence
Scope and Contents
The principal topics of the letters are responses to Larkin's poetry, or to material by the correspondents or others published by Prest Roots Press.
Dates
- Creation: 1985-2018
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (2018) apply to access. With this prociso, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Biographical / Historical
Peter Larkin, poet and proprietor of the Prest Roots Press, was born in 1946. He was Philosophy and Literature Librarian at the University of Warwick, and an honorary member of the English and Comparative Literary Studies and Philosophy departments of that university.
Extent
0.003 cubic metre(s) (1 folder) : paper
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated, 2022 and 2023.
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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