Drafts of poems, many of which relate to Lawrence's proposed book 'The sleep of a learning man'. There are also poems relating to his published works New and selected works, The viewfinder and Cold wires of rain. The titles of the poems are: Aeropelican: Sydney/Newcastle; Amazed by clouds; Another kind of death; Assassinations; Blood; The boiling head; Brown snake; Capri; Carchardodon Carcharias; Cropdusting; The deep scattering layer; Dependency; A few lives; The field; Gathering pine cones; Green Cape; The Harrington breakwall; Hill End, 1962; The horse; In the country they have left; Kelp; The language of bleak averages; The line retrieved; Listening to Paul Muldoon; Love poem (continued box 16)

 
Containers:
Box 15
Component identifier:
File [unnumbered]
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were purchased by the Library from Anthony Lawrence in several instalments: February 1991, December 1993 and May 1996 (boxes 1-11 plus folio items) and July 2001 (boxes 12-16 plus folio items)

Access and use

Parent Restrictions:
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Parent Terms of Access:
Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.
Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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