65973: Letter: To Colin Hughes (February 1972).
Creators: name: Project Team, First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: 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. |File descriptions(s):
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.<br>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.