Amis, Kingsley. "A poet's idea of why he writes his poetry . . .:" essay, MS. (typewritten: 2 p.)

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  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.

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  Amis, Kingsley. Notes of ideas for poems, MS. and A.MS. (partly typewritten: 1 p.)

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  Larkin, Philip. Comments on "Oxford and After," an essay by Kingsley Amis, MS. (typewritten: 2 p.)

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  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.

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  Amis, Kingsley. Essay on science fiction, MS. (typewritten: 21 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections

  Manuscripts

  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.

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  Amis, Kingsley. Essay on autobiographical fiction, MS. (typewritten: 7 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections

  Manuscripts

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  Amis, Kingsley. Essay on the coming elections, MS. (typewritten: 3 p.), with author's autograph and typewritten corrections

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