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- 19 August 1952-27 September 1963 (Creation)
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1 file
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Comprises correspondence relating to William Blake, including on the publication of 'William Blake: A Man Without a Mask'.
Correspondents include: Kathleen Raine on subjects including manuscripts by her on Tiriel and Satan, 'The Face of Violence' and William Blake (1954); Sir Geoffrey Keynes (The William Blake Trust) on Blake's printing methods and a letter from William Blake to James Blake; Professor Samuel Marshak (poet) on translations of poems by Blake and 'William Blake: A Man without a Mask'; David Erdman (author on Blake); H M Margoliouth (author on Blake) on subjects including Blake's use of Hebrew; G E Bentley on an article about Blake by Irakli Kenchoshvili in Georgian (press cutting included); and Ellen Raskin (illustrator of an edition of 'Songs of Innocence' by Blake).