Poetry.
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Papers of Peter Butter and correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to miscellaneous writers., Circa 1962-1980.
File
Identifier: Acc.13634/77
Scope and Contents
File named ‘Poems, etc - CS Lewis Sermon’ by Peter Butter. Includes copies of poems and literary works by various authors, and correspondence with William Montgomerie and Donald Mitchell. Also includes typed manuscripts of ‘Five Letters From An Eastern Empire’ and ‘Prometheus’ by Alasdair Gray, both signed by the author, and a copy of ‘nuspeak 8’ by Edwin Morgan (Glasgow : Scottish Arts Council, 1973).
Dates:
Circa 1962-1980.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Research papers and literary correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to his work on Edwin and Willa Muir, William Blake, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on William Blake, George MacDonald, Francis Thompson and other writers.
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Research papers of Peter Butter relating to his work on various writers.