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- 2005-[c.2010] (Creation)
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1 large box.
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Papers relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s ‘A Hospital Odyssey’ (originally entitled ‘Hospital Fatale’), including: manuscript and typescript drafts and publisher’s proofs, with manuscript notes and corrections; typescript and manuscript notes; correspondence between Gwyneth Lewis, publishers and medical experts; and related documents including drafts of synopses and press releases. Also included are a few other poems by Gwyneth Lewis including ‘Monumental Body’ and ‘Ffyn’. Many of the drafts and notes are written on the reverse of other documents, including: a completed and annotated peer review form relating to an application for a Wellcome Trust arts award for the ‘Hospital Odyssey’ project; photocopies of articles relating to health matters; correspondence relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s work, including research, creative matters, invitations to events, copyright issues and royalties; copies of work by her and other writers; and a report and correspondence with insurers concerning repairs to her yacht 'Jameeleh'.
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- English
- Welsh
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English and Welsh
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Publication note
The poems in this file were published as Gwyneth Lewis, A Hospital Odyssey (Bloodaxe Books : Newcastle upon Tyne, 2010).
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Note
Many of the drafts and notes are written on the reverse of other documents, including: a completed and annotated peer review form relating to an application for a Wellcome Trust arts award for the ‘Hospital Odyssey’ project; photocopies of articles relating to health matters; correspondence relating to Gwyneth Lewis’s work, including research, creative matters, invitations to events, copyright issues and royalties; copies of work by her and other writers; and a report and correspondence with insurers concerning repairs to her yacht 'Jameeleh'.
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- Cooper, Lisa A. (Subject)
- Tomlinson, S. (Stephen), 1944- (Subject)