Subseries BXB/1/1/LED - Denise Levertov

Identity area

Reference code

BXB/1/1/LED

Title

Denise Levertov

Date(s)

  • 1986/2003 (Creation)

Level of description

Subseries

Extent and medium

3 boxes, 1 oversized item

Context area

Name of creator

(1923-1997)

Biographical history

Denise Levertov (1923-97) was born in Essex, and educated at home by her father, a Russian Jewish immigrant, who became an Anglican priest, and by her Welsh mother. She sent her poems as a child to T S Eliot, who admired and encouraged her. In 1948, she ... Read more

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of Denise Levertov.

Allied materials area

Related units of description

BXB/2/7/188

Other archival material for Denise Levertov can be found at the Washington University in St Louis, University of Texas at Austin: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Library, University of Connecticut Library, New York Univeristy: Fales ... Read more

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