John Haffenden

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 CPA/2/2/45
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 Sequence 2, Box 22 [74]
  • Dates of Creation
      16 Aug 1977-29 Aug 1978
  • Physical Description
      7 pieces; 22 sheets

Scope and Content

Letters from British critic and academic John Haffenden. These are mostly brief letters relating to books and poets Haffenden hoped to write on for PN Review, including Edward Mendelson's The English Auden and Geoffrey Hill's version of Ibsen's Brand. In /3 he encloses a typescript essay on John Berryman's writing of Homage to Mistress Bradstreet, which he was forced to withdraw from PN Review under an agreement with his American publishers.

Dated at: Sheffield, West Yorkshire.

Typescript with autograph.