Handwritten letter signed. Philip Larkin to James Sutton, writing from Coventry

Reference No:
U DP174/2/21
Dates:
16 Apr 1941
Description:
Discusses what the house he is living in is like, and destruction by bombs; the selection for a book of his poems, which he is calling 'Chosen Poems' (DPL2/1/5), including 'There Is No Language Of Destruction' quoted in full (CP, p.249), and referring to the 'New Year Poem' (CP, p.255); and his frustration at not being able to listen to a radio programme featuring Sidney Bechet. (20pp) Part is printed in the Selected Letters, pp 11 - 13. Contains a rough illustration of the stairs in the house where he was staying.
Format:
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Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Letters from Philip Arthur Larkin To James Ballard Sutton