Peter Scupham

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 CPA/2/2/105
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 Sequence 2, Box 16 [68]
  • Dates of Creation
      13 Oct 1972-22 Nov 1978 & n.d.
  • Physical Description
      21 pieces

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Peter Scupham, poet and co-proprietor of the Mandeville Press. Topics include: the possibility of Scupham being included in Schmidt's 1976 anthology Ten English poets (/3); Mandeville Press publications sent to Schmidt; poems by Scupham accepted for PN Review, and Scupham's thoughts on specific issues of the magazine; responses to Scupham's 1977 poetry collection The hinterland (/4, /6, /9-10, /12 and /14); Scupham's interest in various Carcanet publications, and reviews of books by Elizabeth Jennings and Elizabeth Daryush Scupham he has written for the Times Literary Supplement; Mandeville Press's publication of work by Lawrence Sail; and the Mandeville Press publication of some individual poems by Schmidt.

Dated at: Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Holograph and typescript.