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First typescript draft of ‘Them & [uz]’

Harrison p54 Bottom Layer crop
Trace the development of Tony Harrison's poem 'Them & [uz]' through the series of evolving drafts contained in the pages of one of his notebooks.
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/53/t
Introduction to the exploration of the manuscripts of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01/54b
Manuscripts notes of Tony Harrison's poem 'Them & [uz]'
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01
Image and transcription of one page of Tony Harrison's notebook drafts for 'Them & [UZ]'.
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01/54b
Image of page 54 of the manuscript notes of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01/55b
Image of page 55 of the manuscript notes of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01/56b
Image of page 56 of the manuscript notes of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/53/t
Early typescript draft of first sonnet of ‘Tony Harrison's poem "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/53t
An early draft of the second sonnet of Tony Harrison's poem "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/03/SCH/01/56t
An early draft of the complete poem "Them & [uz]" by Tony Harrison
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Harrison 'Them & [uz]' first publication
First published version of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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BC MS 20c Harrison/02
Fourth draft version of Tony Harrison's peom "Them & [uz]"
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Harrison 'Them & [uz]' final version.
Final published version of Tony Harrison's poem "Them & [uz]"
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This is an early typescript draft of the first sonnet from Harrison’s 'Them & [uz]'. It was created by pasting together layers and segments of other typescript drafts.

There are significant differences between the unstructured manuscript notes seen previously and this subsequent draft in sonnet .

The differences could suggest that Harrison developed much of the structure of the poem whilst typing and pasting together the lines.