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Papers, the majority being photocopies, relating to Tony Curtis's period of study for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) degree at Goddard College, Vermont, 1979-1980, comprising:

Material relating to Tony Curtis's research into the works of poet, playwright and translator Seamus Heaney, including: critical paper by Tony Curtis relating to Seamus Heaney's collection of poems Field Work (Faber & Faber, 1979) (see, for example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_Work_(poetry_collection)); photocopied letter, 12 November 1982, to Tony Curtis from Seamus Heaney relating to the publication of Tony Curtis (ed.): The Art of Seamus Heaney (Poetry Wales Press, 1982); photocopied texts taken from printed sources; bibliographies; footnotes; appendix; and press cuttings (one of which refers to Tony Curtis (ed.): The Art of Seamus Heaney (Poetry Wales Press, 1982).

Draft poetry by Tony Curtis, with observations and comments by Curtis's course supervisor Thomas Lux, whose covering letters to Curtis are included with each batch of poems. WARNING: POEM TITLED 'THE FREEZER' CONTAINS REFERENCE TO THE DISCOVERY OF HUMAN AND ANIMAL REMAINS IN A HOUSE. NO APPARENT EVIDENCE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE EVENT WAS FACTUAL.

Draft title, contents pages and abstracts of Tony Curtis's academic thesis 'Preparations', 'being a collection of poems completed during the four semesters spent in the [Master of Fine Arts] program', abstract of Curtis's critical paper titled 'Imagination under duress: Seamus Heaney's 'Field Work' ' and covering letter from Curtis to Michelle Blake Simons, Director of the Master of Fine Arts programme.

Details of academic course run by Tony Curtis titled 'How Green Was My Valley?'

Critical studies by Tony Curtis; bibliography in reference to Tony Curtis's submitted academic work; Master of Fine Arts course instructions and schedules; administrative and other correspondence; deadline timetable for submission of academic work; study plans and course summaries drawn up by Tony Curtis; copies, Summer 1980, October 1980 (incomplete) and December 1980, of Associated Writing Programs (AWP) newsletters; photocopied texts from printed sources; copies of poems by poets other than Tony Curtis; and press cuttings.

Printed copy of The Bread of Truth, a collection of poems by Anglo-Welsh poet R. S. Thomas (Rupert Hart-Davis, 1963; this edition 1964) (see, for example: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34527720-the-bread-of-truth). Loose within the volume are an 'Introduction' to an unnamed publication, poems by R. S. Thomas excised from a printed source and typescript copies of the poems 'Vocation' and 'Richard Hughes' by R. S. Thomas, all of which material is annotated in what appears to be R. S. Thomas's hand, as is the page in The Bread of Truth headed 'By the same author'.

Letter from Tony Curtis to Dannie [Abse?] (discussing poetry).