Twenty-four poetry notebooks of Richard Price.
Scope and Contents
Working poetry notebooks of Richard Price. The notebooks contain drafts of poems, many very different from the published version, also unpublished work, translations and reflections on major events in Price`s life. The notebooks show Price’s working practice, including his idiosyncratic use of pluses and minuses for metric stresses; his engagement with ideas in Scottish art, fiction and poetry; his use of Renfrewshire in his work; and his habit of working on several very different poems at the same time. A detailed description of the contents of each notebook was supplied by Richard Price. This formed the basis of the inventory, and an unedited copy is placed with the collection at Acc.13512/25.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1992-2004.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
0.16 Linear metres (23 volumes.)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
As in the list supplied by Richard Price.
Other Finding Aids
Inventory in preparation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 2014, Richard Price, London.23 May 2014
Appraisal
Everything is retained.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Date
- 23 06 2014
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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