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Reviews. Document genre.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Reports or essays giving critical estimates of a relatively recent work, performance, or event. For other critical descriptions and analyses, prefer ""criticism"" .

Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers on the re-publication of 'Divided loyalties' by Janet Teissier du Cros., 1984-1993.

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Identifier: Acc.13861/69
Scope and Contents Containing:Correspondence on the possible re-publication of 'Divided loyalties' by Janet Teissier du Cros by Canongate Press, and the possibility of a film based on the book, produced by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, 1984-1992.Correspondence of Francois Teissier du Cros and Janet Adam Smith (in French and English) on the re-publication of 'Divided loyalties', 1991-1992.Published reviews of 'Divided loyalties: a Scotswoman in occupied France' (Canongate, 1992),...
Dates: 1984-1993.

Correspondence and reviews of the 'Faber book of modern verse'., 1951-1982.

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Identifier: Acc.13861/85
Scope and Contents Containing:Reviews of the 'Faber book of modern verse', previously edited by Michael Roberts, under "Durrant’s press cuttings", October 1951–January 1952, June 1959, June 1960, and July 1965-January 1966.Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and Faber and Faber about editing the 1st edition of the 'Faber book of modern verse', edited by Michael Roberts in 1936, May 1961–June 1963.Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and Faber and Faber about collating...
Dates: 1951-1982.

Correspondence and reviews relating to 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987), by Tom Pow., 1984-1987.

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Identifier: Acc.12233/61
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1984-1987.

Correspondence, contracts and reviews concerning 'Old men in love', by Alasdair Gray., 2003-2007.

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Identifier: Acc.12899/37
Scope and Contents

Includes:

A memorandum of agreement, 2003, between Alasdair Gray and Bloomsbury. Correspondence with Liz Calder and others at Bloomsbury concerning deadlines, editorial changes, printing and other subjects. Correspondence with Joe Murray, typesetter. Correspondence with Will Self concerning a review for the book jacket. Copies of reviews of 'Old men in love'. Some unrelated correspondence concerning Tei Chiew-Siah, Ian Fleming, and a proposed adaptation of 'Lanark'.

Dates: 2003-2007.

Correspondence, notes and reviews relating to 'In verse', a series of television interviews with Scottish poets broadcast on Scottish television and produced by Michael Grieve., 1987-1988.

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Identifier: Acc.12233/72
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1987-1988.

Correspondence of and concerning 'Chapman'., 1984-1988, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11319/1-33
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The magazine was founded in 1970 and includes poetry and articles on all aspects of Scottish culture, including theatre, politics, language and arts.

Dates: 1984-1988, undated.

Correspondence of Robert Bruce Armstrong., 1869-1887.

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Identifier: MS.6110
Scope and Contents

Also included (folio 178) are some press cuttings, 1884, of reviews of 'The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale and the Debateable Land'.

Dates: 1869-1887.

Correspondence to Donalda Crichton Smith., 1992-2000.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12600/34-36
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The letters are largely from publishers, literary magazines, newspapers, broadcasters, educational institutions, cultural organizations, research students and fans. The files include other material, such as invitations to exhibition openings, graduations and literary events, papers relating to the teaching of literature in schools, and ephemera.

Dates: 1992-2000.

Critical works of Tom Scott., Undated.

 Series
Identifier: yAcc.11750/93-103
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Dates: Undated.

Drafts, fragments, typescript, reviews, prefaces and short pieces of Ruthven Todd., 1958-1977, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26862
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and fragments of short stories, 1958-1973, undated (folio 1). They include 'The Garden of Forking Paths' (folio 1), a translation of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, published in ‘Ficciones’, edited by A Kerrigan (London, 1962), pages 89-101. (ii) Typescript of 'The Freedom Riders', a play, undated (folio 83); (iii) Reviews, prefaces, short pieces and fragments, 1966-1977, undated (folio 90).

Dates: 1958-1977, undated.

Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26286-26287
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1936-1966, undated.

Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966.

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Identifier: MS.26286
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1936-1966.

Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays, undated, of Hector MacIver., [1928-1966.]

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Identifier: MS.26287
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

Dates: [1928-1966.]

Drafts of reviews by Janet Adam Smith, 1938-1990, and correspondence, notes and printed reviews on various poets and writers, including Michael Roberts, 1938-1968., 1938-1990.

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Identifier: Acc.13861/61
Scope and Contents Containing:'The tourist in Scotland', TLS, July 1938.'Scotland under trust', The Spectator, August 1939.'The shepherd and the sinner', TLS, January 1963.Drafts of article on 'The making of the Faber book of modern verse', 1976.'The lantern-bearers and other essays by Robert Louis Stevenson', Sunday Times, February 1988.Review for 'The Alpine journal', 1990/1991.'The picturesque scenery of the Lake District',...
Dates: 1938-1990.

Drafts, review, articles and copies, relating to the 'Alpine journal'., 1920-1932, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/195(1-5)
Scope and Contents Containing:(1) successive drafts (five versions) of T G Brown: A new ascent of Piz Bernina and other climbs in 1930 (AJ 43, 8)(2) two copies of T G Brown: The Alpine Club, 1920-1932 (AJ 45, 120)(3) review of An Epitome of fifty years climbing of Claude Wilson, with other papers (AJ 45, 174)(4) first version and two copies of second version of T G Brown: Col Maudit and other climbs (AJ 45, 231)(5) copies of various articles and...
Dates: 1920-1932, undated.

Essays and other writings chiefly of John Dover Wilson., 1899-1959, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14357
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Early unpublished essay, 1899, of John Dover Wilson on 'Literature and its relation to national life' (folio 1); (ii) Typescript of an unpublished essay, 1903, on 'The philosophy of George Meredith', by Dover Wilson (folio 27); (iii) List, undated, of books read by Dover Wilson with a criticism of each work (folio 54); (iv) Typescript of a review published in ‘Modern language review’, volume L, of 'Polydore Vergil' by Denys Hay (folios 65); (v)...
Dates: 1899-1959, undated.