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Records relating to writings and publications
Title: Records relating to writings and publications
Dates of Material:
1968-2014
Extent:
2.43 m of textual records
28 col. photographs
160 b&w photographs
3 CDs
28 col. photographs
160 b&w photographs
3 CDs
NOTE(S)
Source of supplied title
Title based on contents of the series.
Arrangement
The photocopies of MS corrections in Box 16 (2011.05) were originally housed in a file in Box 1 (2011.05). The documents had undergone extensive curling and were removed for conservation treatment. In 2024, they were flattened and rehoused in a new archival box.
Finding aids
File list available (see below).
| BOX | FILE | TITLE | YEAR | ADDITIONAL INFORMATION |
| 2011.05 | ||||
| 2011.05, Box 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Poetical Sketches of William Blake (Ph.D. Thesis, 1968) | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Notebook | n.d. | |
| 1 | 2 | Thesis (bound) | 1968 | |
| William Blake: Essays in Honour of Sir Geoffrey Keynes (published 1973) | ||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence | 1971-1972 | |
| 1 | 4 | Correspondence | 1973-1975 | |
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence re dinner party in honour of Keynes | May-Sept. 1973 | |
| 2011.05, Box 2 | ||||
| 2 | 1 | "A Reading of Blake's Early Poetry" drafts | [1972 or 1973] | |
| 2 | 2 | "A Reading of Blake's Early Poetry" drafts | [1972 or 1973] | |
| 2 | 3 | General Index draft | n.d. | |
| 2 | 4 | Index and Preface drafts and proofs | n.d. | |
| 2 | 5 | G. Wilson Knight's "The Chapel of Gold" draft and correspondence | Sept.-Oct. 1972 | |
| 2 | 6 | Proofs (pp. 21-207) | [ca. Jan. 1973] | |
| 2 | 7 | Proofs (pp. 208-376) | [ca. Jan. 1973] | |
| 2 | 8 | Proofs (images) | [ca. Jan. 1973] | |
| 2 | 9 | Published text | 1973 | |
| 2011.05, Box 3 | ||||
| Interpreting Blake: A Volume of Studies (published 1978) | ||||
| 3 | 4 | Peter Buller's "Milton: The Final Plates" draft | [ca. 1978] | |
| 3 | 5 | David Erdman's "The Symmetries of 'The Song of Los'" draft | 1974 | |
| 3 | 6 | James Ferguson's "Prefaces to Jerusalem" draft | n.d. | |
| 3 | 7 | Heather Glen's "Blake's Criticism of Moral Thinking" draft | n.d. | |
| 3 | 8 | Belinda Humfrey's "'Who Shall Bind the Infinite': A Study of Europe: A Prophecy" draft | n.d. | |
| 3 | 9 | Annette Levitt's "Comus, Cloud, and Thel's 'Unacted Desires'" draft | n.d. | |
| 3 | 10 | Frank Parisi's "Emblems of Melancholy" draft | n.d. | |
| 3 | 11 | E.P. Thompson's "London" draft and correspondence | Aug. 1973-May 1976 | |
| 3 | 12 | Published text | 1978 | |
| 3 | 13 | Reviews | 1979 | |
| An Island in the Moon (published 1987) | ||||
| 3 | 15 | Correspondence, script, and photographs relating to Savage's presentation of "Conversations at Mr. Quid's" | [ca. 1974] | |
| 3 | 16 | Correspondence | March 1978-April 1980 | |
| 3 | 17 | Correspondence | May 1980-July 1981 | |
| 3 | 18 | Correspondence | Aug. 1981-March 1983 | |
| 2011.05, Box 4 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | Correspondence | April 1983-Dec. 1984 | |
| 4 | 2 | Correspondence | 1985 | |
| 4 | 3 | Correspondence | Jan. 1986-Sept. 1987 | |
| 4 | 4 | Correspondence | Oct. 1987-July 1994 | |
| 4 | 5 | Photographs of original text | n.d. | |
| 4 | 6 | Prints, proofs, and bookplates (Blake Catalogue) | 1978-1979 | |
| 4 | 7 | Draft | [ca. Aug. 1, 1981] | |
| 4 | 8 | Draft | [ca. 1981] | |
| 4 | 9 | Draft | 1982 | |
| 4 | 10 | Draft | n.d. | |
| 4 | 11 | Introduction draft (Phillips' copy) | Sept. 1982 | |
| 4 | 12 | Printing estimate and costs for Fawcus facsimile (which was too small) | 1980-1983 | |
| 2011.05, Box 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | Printing text for Fawcus facsimile | 1983 | |
| 5 | 2 | Printing text for Fawcus facsimile (cont.) | 1983 | |
| 5 | 3 | Master proof and copy | 1983 | |
| 5 | 4 | Introduction draft | May 11, 1984 | |
| 5 | 5 | Typescript | Feb. 1985 | |
| 5 | 6 | Typescript (London corrections) | March 1985 | |
| 5 | 7 | Proofs and setting manuscript (Phillips' copy) | July 1985 | |
| 5 | 8 | Proofs and setting manuscript (Phillips' copy) (cont.) | July 1985 | |
| 5 | 9 | Proof (duplicate) | 1985 | |
| 5 | 10 | Proof (Simon Rendall's copy) | Dec. 1985 | |
| 5 | 11 | Proof | n.d. | |
| 2011.05, Box 6 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | Proof | n.d. | |
| 6 | 2 | Proof (Baron corrections) | n.d. | |
| 6 | 3 | Proof (second duplicate) | Jan. 24, 1986 | |
| 6 | 4 | Proof (copy sent to Verona) | Jan. 24, 1986 | |
| 6 | 5 | Proof | Jan. 24, 1986 | |
| 6 | 6 | Proof | n.d. | |
| 6 | 7 | Proof | 1986 | |
| 6 | 8 | Proof | March 16, 1986 | |
| 6 | 9 | Proof (Phillips' revised pages) | March 1986 | |
| 6 | 10 | Proof (Rendall's revised pages) | March 1986 | |
| 2011.05, Box 7 | ||||
| 7 | 1 | Proof (Phillips' corrections, master copy) | March 17, 1986 | |
| 7 | 2 | Proof | March 17, 1986 | |
| 7 | 3 | Proof | March 1986 | |
| 7 | 4 | Proof (master copy) | May 1986 | |
| 7 | 5 | Proof | June 1986 | |
| 7 | 6 | Proof (unmarked duplicate) | June 1986 | |
| 7 | 7 | Proof | Aug. 1986 | |
| 7 | 8 | Copy of master proof (incorporating Phillips/Burger corrections and sent to printer) | Aug. 1986 | |
| 2011.05, Box 8 | ||||
| 8 | 1 | Proofs | Sept. 1986 | |
| 8 | 2 | Proof and paste-up | Sept. 1986 | |
| 8 | 3 | Proof (sent to Mardersteig in Verona) | [ca. Sept. 1986] | |
| 8 | 4 | Proof (hardcover) | [ca. 1986] | |
| 8 | 5 | Published facsimile (1) | 1987 | |
| 8 | 6 | Published facsimile (2) | 1987 | |
| 8 | 7 | 2 Volume Deluxe Edition (not released for sale) | 1987 | |
| 8 | 8 | Reviews | 1988-1990 | |
| 2011.05, Box 9 | ||||
| "The Composition of Pope's Imitation of Horace, Satire, II.i" (published in Alexander Pope: Essays for the Tercentenary, 1988) | ||||
| 9 | 1 | Correspondence | Sept. 1980-Sept. 1987 | |
| 9 | 2 | Notes and research | n.d. | |
| 9 | 3 | Notes and research | n.d. | |
| 9 | 4 | Text of Pope's Epistle VII (blown up pages) | n.d. | |
| 9 | 5 | Handwritten draft | n.d. | |
| 9 | 6 | Draft | June 7, 1987 | |
| 9 | 7 | Drafts | n.d. | |
| 9 | 8 | Drafts | n.d. | |
| 9 | 9 | Drafts (final revisions) | Aug. 31, 1987 | |
| 9 | 10 | Published essay in Alexander Pope: Essays for the Tercentenary | 1988 | |
| 2011.05, Box 11 | ||||
| The Creation of the Songs (published 2000) | ||||
| 11 | 10 | "William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate" drafts | [ca. 1978] | |
| 2011.05, Box 12 | ||||
| 12 | 1 | "William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate" drafts | [ca. 1978] | |
| 12 | 2 | "William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience, from Manuscript to Illuminated Plate," The Book Collector (offprint) | Spring 1979 | |
| 12 | 3 | "Printing Blake's Songs", The Library (original and offprint) | Sept. 1991 | |
| 12 | 4 | William Blake: Recherches pour une biographie, research | 1991-1995 | |
| 12 | 5 | William Blake: Recherches pour une biographie, publication | 1995 | |
| 12 | 6 | Correspondence | Jan. 1986-Dec. 1998 | |
| 12 | 7 | Correspondence | Jan. 1999-Dec. 2001 | |
| 12 | 8 | File cards, notes, and research | n.d. | |
| 12 | 9 | File cards, notes, and research | n.d. | |
| 12 | 10 | File cards, notes, and research | n.d. | |
| 12 | 11 | File cards, notes, and research | n.d. | |
| 2011.05, Box 13 | ||||
| 13 | 1 | Proof copy of Songs (ed. Andrew Lincoln, published 1991) taken to compare with originals | 1991 | |
| 13 | 2 | Photographs of original pages | n.d. | |
| 13 | 3 | Draft | [ca. July 18, 2000] | |
| 13 | 4 | Proof | Aug. 1, 2000 | |
| 13 | 5 | Proof | Aug. 1, 2000 | |
| 13 | 6 | Proof | Sept. 6, 2000 | |
| 13 | 7 | Proof | Sept. 25, 2000 | |
| 13 | 8 | Proof | Oct. 5, 2000 | |
| 13 | 9 | Proof | Oct. 16, 2000 | |
| 2011.05, Box 14 | ||||
| 14 | 1 | Book cover drafts | 2000 | |
| 14 | 2 | Proof with cover | Nov. 22, 2000 | |
| 14 | 3 | Printing information | n.d. | |
| 14 | 4 | CD containing all of Michael Phillips' files | 2000 | |
| 14 | 5 | Published text | 2000 | |
| 14 | 6 | Reviews and items relating to publicity | 2000-2001 | |
| The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (published 2011) | ||||
| 14 | 9 | Colour photographs of the Bodleian Library's copy and colour proof of Plate 14 from all other copies | n.d. | |
| 14 | 10 | Page layouts (1st, 2nd, and 4th spreads) | 2006 | |
| 2011.05, Box 15 | ||||
| 15 | 1 | Proofs (prepared by Simon Rendall) | Nov. 2006 | |
| 15 | 2 | Proofs (Introduction) | Aug. 20, 2008 | |
| 15 | 3 | Proof | Oct. 2008 or 2009 | |
| 15 | 4 | 2 CDs of complete files (including colour photographs) | 2007-2011 | |
| 15 | 5 | Published text | 2011 | |
| 15 | 6 | Reviews and items relating to publicity | 2011 | |
| 2011.05, Box 16 | ||||
| The Poetical Sketches of William Blake (Ph.D. Thesis, 1968) | ||||
| 16 | Photographs of MS corrections | n.d. | NOTE: Currently in Conservation. | |
| 2012.02 | ||||
| 2012.02, Box 1 | ||||
| "The Printing of Blake's The Illustrations to the Book of Job" (published 2005) | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Correspondence | May 1996, June 2004-Aug. 2005 |
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| 1 | 2 | Research | n.d. |
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| 1 | 3 | Illustrations and notes | 2004-2005, n.d. |
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| 1 | 4 | Drafts | [ca. 2004] |
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| "The Printing of Blake's America a Prophecy" (published March 2004) | ||||
| 1 | 5 | Correspondence | Oct. 2003 |
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| 1 | 6 | Research and notes | n.d. |
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| 1 | 7 | Proof | Oct. 2003, Dec. 2003 |
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| 1 | 8 | Images (CD) | Dec. 18, 2003 |
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| 1 | 9 | Published text (2 copies) | March 2004 |
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| "Printing Blake's Songs, 1789-1794" (published September 1991) | ||||
| 1 | 10 | Correspondence | Jan. 1990-May 1991 |
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| 1 | 11 | Drafts | Nov. 1990, March 1991, n.d. |
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| 1 | 12 | Proofs (3 copies) | July 1991 |
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| 1 | 13 | Published text | September 1991 |
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| 2012.02, Box 2 | ||||
| "William Blake and the Sophocles Manuscript Notebook" (published 1997) | ||||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence | Feb. 1993-April 1999 |
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| 2 | 2 | Photocopied MS | n.d. |
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| 2 | 3 | Research and notes | n.d. |
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| 2 | 4 | Drafts | July 1996, Sept. 1996, April 1997, n.d. |
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| 2 | 5 | Proofs | Sept. 1997, Nov. 1997, n.d. |
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| 2 | 6 | Published text (2 copies) | 1997 |
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| 2 | 7 | "William Blake and the Sophocles Enigma" by G.E. Bentley | June 4, 1996 |
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| 2015.04 | ||||
| 2015.04, Box 3 | ||||
| "The Printing of Blake's America a Prophecy" (published March 2004) | ||||
| 3 | 9 | Annotated copies of plates for Blake's America | 2014 | Used for "The Printing of Blake’s America a Prophecy,: Print Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 1 (March, 2004), pp. 18-38. |
| The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (published 2008 Bodleian Library) | ||||
| 3 | 2 | Proof I (before any amendments in page proof) | [200-] |
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| 3 | 3 | Proof II (with amendments requested at I) | [200-] |
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| 3 | 4 | Proof II (with amendments but not final as in III) | [200-] |
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| 3 | 5 | [Publisher's agreement for The Marriage of Heaven and Hell] | 2007 |
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| 3 | 6 | Publisher's catalogue with The Marriage of Heaven and Hell listed | 2008 |
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| 3 | 7 | [Annotated colour page proofs] | [200-] |
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| "Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art" (Published 2014 | ||||
| 3 | 8 | "Parody and Play in Blake's Composite Art" | 2014 | Interfaces 35 (2013-2014). 35-66. |
| 2020.07 | ||||
| 2020.07, Box 10 | ||||
| Blake and the Terror, 1792-93 (published 1994) | ||||
| 10 | 10 | Blake and the Terror 1792-93, offprint | 1994 | Offprint of the essay "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93", which appeared in The Library, vol. 16, no.4. Includes a list of individuals who received the offprint. |
| 10 | 11 | Thank-you notes | 1994-1995 | Notes and letters from friends and colleagues thanking Phillips's for the offprint of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93". |
| 10 | 12 | [Drafts] | 1994 | Contains four manuscript drafts for "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93". |
| 10 | 13 | Illustration layout | 1994 | Illustration layout of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93", including a copy of the essay and a list of plates. |
| 10 | 14 | Final author's version | 1994 | Final author's version of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" as "parted" to Martin Davies. |
| 2020.07, Box 11 | ||||
| The Poetical Sketches of William Blake (Ph.D. Thesis, 1968) | ||||
| 11 | 4 | The Poetical Sketches of William Blake, early draft | ca. 1968 | Early draft of The Poetical Sketches of William Blake: Part 1, A Definitive Text. Phillips's PhD thesis. |
| The Creation of the Songs (published 2000) | ||||
| 11 | 5 | Blake's Songs, manuscript notes | [n.d.] | Manuscript notes of Blake's Songs. |
| Blake and the Terror, 1792-93 (published 1994) | ||||
| 11 | 1 | [Proofs] | 1994 | Contains proofs of "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" with notes on layout and page proofs of plates used in the essay. |
| 11 | 2 | Blake and the Terror correspondence | 1994 | Includes correspondence from:
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| 11 | 3 | Blake and the Terror research material | 1994 | Contains a list of plates used in "Blake and the Terror, 1792-93" and prints of plates. |
