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Manuscripts: Amis, Kingsley (Difficulties with Girls, AMS 440-441)

Description
The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1941-1995.
Call number
mssAMS 1-1362
Creator
Amis, Kingsley(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from various sources; please consult Finding Aid for details.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The literary copyright is owned by Martin Amis and Jonathan Clowes.
Associated people
Aldiss, Brian W. (1925-2017.)
Amis, Martin. (1906-1984.)
Betjeman, John, (1911-1968.)
Boucher, Anthony, (1924-2012.)
Conquest, Robert. (1926-2007.)
Dick, Philip K. (1929-1994.)
Fussell, Paul, (1905-2000.)
Gale, George Stafford. (1912-2002.)
Howard, Elizabeth Jane. (1894-1984.)
Jacobs, Eric. (1929-1984.)
Larkin, Philip. (1931-2013.)
Melly, George,
Osborne, John,
Powell, Anthony,
Powell, Violet,
Priestley, J. B.
Salwak, Dale.
Thatcher, Margaret.
Thwaite, Anthony.
Vaizey, John,
Wilson, Colin,
Associated organizations
Bodleian Library.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
HarperCollins (Firm)
Oxford University Press.
Penguin (Firm)
Random House (Firm)
Simon and Schuster, Inc.
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