Bundle. Letters from John Betjeman (TLS) and Elizabeth Betjeman (2 ALSs) to Philip Larkin, writing from London and Derbyshire.
- Reference No:
- U DPL/3/1/14
- Dates:
- 4 Jun 1971 - 24 Jun 1981
- Description:
JB discusses:
Philip Larkin's Foreword to the American edition of Betjeman's verse ('Collected poems', compiled by the Earl of Birkenhead, introduced by Philip Larkin, 1971)
Oxford
Penelope Betjeman (his wife)
The Orcadian poet Robert Rendall
Philip Larkin's 'Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse'
A Shetland poet called Robertson who writes under the name 'Vagabond', Orkney
EB discusses:
JB's stroke and stages of recovery
JB's 'Church Poems', and his being in hospital in Sheffield
Monica Jones
- Format:
- Archive Item
- Extent:
- 3 items
- Access Conditions:
- Access will be granted to any accredited reader
- Repository:
- Hull University Archives
- Collection:
- Papers of Philip Arthur Larkin