Martin Dodsworth

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 CPA/2/2/29
  • Former Reference
      GB 133 Sequence 1, Box 21 [73]
  • Dates of Creation
      22 Oct 1978-16 Jan 1979
  • Physical Description
      3 pieces; 10 sheets

Scope and Content

Letters from literary critic Martin Dodsworth Two of these relate to the candidature of Donald Davie for the Oxford Professorship of Poetry, which Dodsworth actively supported. /2 includes a handout prepared for the press on the subject, although a second handout referred to in the covering letter is missing. Other topics mentioned include: the poet [Jeffrey] Wainwright; PN Review and the possibility of Dodsworth contributing; his own work as editor of the journal English; and C.H. Sisson's work. In /1 Dodsworth encloses an offprint of his 'Editorial Miscellany' from English which includes a section on PN Review.

Dated at: Brill, Buckinghamshire.

Holograph and typescript.