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65973: Letter: To Colin Hughes (February 1972).

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posted on 2024-05-02, 13:31 authored by First World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team

David Jones expresses his concern that his failure to respond to a recent letter might imply a lack of appreciation for Colin Hughes' interest in 'In Parenthesis' / notes that he (Jones) has recently been overwhelmed with correspondence and has not been feeling up to answering much / wants to know how Hughes is and to alert him to and discuss an upcoming exhibition of Jones' work organised by Douglas Cleverdon for the National Book League in London / expresses annoyance about the lack of time given to prepare for the exhibition and his inability to do much from Harrow / provides details of private viewing of the exhibition / responds to Hughes' questions stemming from his reading of David Blamires' book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971] / Jones offers general praise and some comment on possible errors / explains his involvement with the project / notes that he has not re-read this letter before sending it to Hughes. |

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David Jones expresses his concern that his failure to respond to a recent letter might imply a lack of appreciation for Colin Hughes' interest in 'In Parenthesis' / notes that he (Jones) has recently been overwhelmed with correspondence and has not been feeling up to answering much / wants to know how Hughes is and to alert him to and discuss an upcoming exhibition of Jones' work organised by Douglas Cleverdon for the National Book League in London / expresses annoyance about the lack of time given to prepare for the exhibition and his inability to do much from Harrow / provides details of private viewing of the exhibition / responds to Hughes' questions stemming from his reading of David Blamires' book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971] / Jones offers general praise and some comment on a few possible errors / explains his involvement with the project / notes that he has not re-read this letter before sending it to Hughes.
David Jones expresses his concern that his failure to respond to a recent letter might imply a lack of appreciation for Colin Hughes' interest in 'In Parenthesis' / notes that he (Jones) has recently been overwhelmed with correspondence and has not been feeling up to answering much / wants to know how Hughes is and to alert him to and discuss an upcoming exhibition of Jones' work organised by Douglas Cleverdon for the National Book League in London / expresses annoyance about the lack of time given to prepare for the exhibition and his inability to do much from Harrow / provides details of private viewing of the exhibition / responds to Hughes' questions stemming from his reading of David Blamires' book ['David Jones: artist and writer', Manchester University Press, 1971] / Jones offers general praise and some comment on possible errors / explains his involvement with the project / notes that he has not re-read this letter before sending it to Hughes.

History

Identifier

6416.cpd | 6347.jpg | DJNLW_MS_21830Ef11_v.jpg 6346.jpg | DJNLW_MS_21830Ef11.jpg

Subject

Hughes, Colin

Creator

Jones, David (1895-1974)

Date

4th February 1972

Date Created

04/02/1972

Temporal Date

04/02/1972

Spatial

Harrow, England

Source

Leaf

Medium

Paper

Format

Pen

Type

Letter | Letter

Pages

1

Number of Pages

2

Contributor

Alisa Miller and Alun Edwards

Rights

The National Library of Wales / The David Jones Literary Estate

Collection ID

David Jones Papers MS 21830E f.11 | David Jones Papers MS 21830E

Repository Name

National Library of Wales

Repository Address

Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales, SY23 3BU, UK

Publisher

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

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