Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands - Curator's Introduction
Channel: British Library
Date: 2012-06-28

From William Blake to the 21st-century suburban hinterlands of J G Ballard, Writing Britain examines how the landscapes of Britain permeate great literary works. 

Over 150 literary works, including many first-time loans from overseas and directly from authors: sound recordings, videos, letters, photographs, maps, song lyrics and drawings - as well as manuscripts and printed editions. Including

    JRR Tolkien: original artwork for The Hobbit
    JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone manuscript
    John Lennon: draft for 'In My Life'
    Daphne Du Maurier: early plan for Rebecca
    Charles Dickens: manuscript for Our Mutual Friend
    Robert Louis Stevenson: manuscript for Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    Charlotte Brontë: manuscript for Jane Eyre
    Sir Gawain and the Green Knight earliest manuscript
    George Eliot: manuscript for Middlemarch
    Kazuo Ishiguro: manuscript for The Remains of the Day
    Hanif Kureishi: diary and manuscript for The Buddha of Suburbia
    JG Ballard: manuscript for Crash
    William Blake: manuscript for 'London'
    'The Seafarer' from the 10th-century Exeter Book
    Ted Hughes: Notebook for The Remains of Elmet

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