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- [c.1985], 1993-1995, 2006 (Creation)
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Manuscript and typescript material produced and accumulated by Niall Griffiths while studying poetry at university, comprising typescript and printed drafts, [c.1985] and 1993-1995, of chapters and articles by him including ‘“Adnabod” and the “continent … of experience”: some contemporary Welsh poetry in the English language’, ‘Communicating through concrete: Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edwin Morgan, Bob Cobbing’, ‘History is what hurts: the Celtic diaspora and contemporary Britain’, ‘The pre - post colonial poet: some contemporary Irish writing’, ‘Imagi/Nation/Multi/Nation: modern Scottish poetry’, ‘”De tongue (De first instrument)”: some Black British poetry’, ‘Wandering among the voices: Blake Morrison and some British poetry of the 1950s’ and ‘Art after Auschwitz’, with manuscript notes and typescript comments by his academic supervisor, and letters from universities regarding possible publication; also included are typescript academic papers, 2006, by others concerning his work, comprising: ‘Longing for roots: constructing Wales in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Aleksander Bednarski of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin; ‘Wasted bodies: images of waste in Niall Griffiths’s fiction’ by Katarzyna Więckowska of [Nicolaus Copernicus University] Toruń; ‘The themes of Anglo-Welsh experience in So long Hector Bebb by Ron Berry and Grits by Niall Griffiths’ by Siobhan Taylor-Ward of [Liverpool John Moores University]; and a transcript of an interview with Niall Griffiths by Ian Peddie of Sydney University (‘Warmth and light and sky: Niall Griffiths in conversation’).
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An attached note by Niall Griffiths marks his work in this file as 'disowned' and requests readers not to quote it, although it may be perused.
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- English
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- Bednarski, Aleksander (Subject)
- Peddie, Ian (Subject)
- Wie̜ckowska, Katarzyna (Subject)