John Heath-Stubbs Typescript (VMF219) | MSS Manuscripts

Title: John Heath-Stubbs Typescript (VMF219)

ID: MSS/VMF/219

Extent: 1.0 Items

Creators

Heath-Stubbs, John (1918-2006)

Administrative/Biographical History

John Francis Alexander Heath-Stubbs (July 9, 1918 – December 26, 2006) was an English poet and translator, known for his verse influenced by classical myths and the long Arthurian poem Artorius (1972).

Heath-Stubbs was born in London, and educated at Bembridge School and Queen's College, Oxford. He co-edited Eight Oxford Poets in 1941, with Sidney Keyes and Michael Meyer, and helped edit Oxford Poetry in 1942-43. He lived for a time in the 1950s at Zennor in Cornwall. He was a representative figure of British poetry in the early 1950s, and edited the poetry anthology Images of Tomorrow (1953).

Languages of Materials

English

Administrative Information

Repository: MSS Manuscripts

Restrictions: Open

Rights:

Users of the collections must read and abide by the Reading Room and Reproduction Policy.

Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of Intent to Quote from or Publish Manuscript Materials.

All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.

Acquisition Note:

Originally laid in Baroque Ceremony: A Study of Dryden's "Ode to the Memory of Mistress Anne Killigrew" (1686) by John Heath-Stubbs. PR3423 H44 1959

Accession number 23061

Preferred Citation: Name of the Collection, Washington University Libraries, Department of Special Collections

Collection Material Type: Manuscripts

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Scope and Contents: Typescript of "The Old King" [poem] by Heath-Stubbs. 1 page