Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mature Art' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1937-1938, 1956, undated.
Scope and Contents
Hugh MacDiarmid originally planned four volumes of this immensely long poem, but only one, ‘In memoriam James Joyce’, (Glasgow, 1955), was published. Parts of the rest appeared in periodicals or in later collections of Hugh MacDiarmid's poems. These papers contain numerous drafts and re-workings of sections of the poem, made over a period of many years. MacDiarmid frequently rearranged sequences or withdrew them for use elsewhere, so while some of the drafts and copies are substantial, others are fragmentary.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1938, 1956, undated.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
8 Volumes
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Separated Materials
For the text of a talk by Hugh MacDiarmid about 'In Memoriam James Joyce' see MS.27073, folio 66.
Repository Details
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