Scope and Contents
Commonplace book given to Powys by his sister Phillipa (Katie) Powys 'for him to use for his wonderful imaginative drawing when the mood takes him. God wot!'. It contains transcriptions from published works of many poems by Thomas Shoel of Montacute, Somerset; notes on Robert Herrick and William Wordsworth; and quotations from letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1935
Creator
- Powys, Llewelyn, 1884-1939 (writer) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 volume(s) (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased 1989
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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