BIB_ID
372764
Accession number
MA 5142.16
Creator
Read, Herbert, 1893-1968.
Display Date
1960 June 3.
Credit line
Bequest of Kenneth A. Lohf, 2001.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.8 x 20.3 cm
Notes
On letterhead stationery of "Stonegrave House, / Stonegrave, / York."
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
This item is part of a collection of autograph letters and manuscripts of war poetry primarily related to World War II.
Provenance
Kenneth A. Lohf.
Summary
Writing that he feels "very sympathetic towards [Davie's poems], but this does not, alas, mean they are poems for which it will be easy to find a publisher"; encouraging him to "try Harvill and use [his] name," but warning him that Harvill is now a subsidiary of a big firm and his name may not "carry much weight"; opining that "people will not buy poetry, though many will read it."
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