Bundle. Letters from John Betjeman (TLS) and Elizabeth Betjeman (2 ALSs) to Philip Larkin, writing from London and Derbyshire.

Reference No:
U DPL3/1/14
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
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Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers of Philip Arthur Larkin