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Oxford University Press (OUP), 1978 - 2000

 File — Box: Fisher Box 18
Reference code: 479/3/2

Scope and Contents

Correspondence from Jacky Simms, Will Sulkin, Simon Mason, mostly concerning Poems 1955-1980. Included are copies of several reviews of the collection from The Observer, TLS, New Statesman, and London Review of Books, PN Review, The Listener, and a mention in P.E.N. Broadsheet. There is also a typescript copy of Philip Crick's review/essay, 'A Strenuous Art', and an OUP 'Review List' of newspapers and magazines to which copies of Poems 1955-1897 [sic] were sent. Includes a pen and ink drawing of the proposed cover (possibly by Roy Fisher), marked in the margins in pink ink by Fisher, and three letters by RF to Jacky Simms, Simon Mason, and Michael Schmidt. Also present are contracts, statements of royalties owed and paid, and an OUP Christmas card.

Dates

  • Creation: 1978 - 2000

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment in the reading room

Extent

188 Item(s)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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