Alec Guinness., 03/25/1988-04/04/1988

File — Box: 1, Folder: 41

Identifier: 55467

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

Note to the legacy print version of this finding aid.

The Elizabeth Jennings papers 1 consists of correspondence sent and received by the poet. Correspondence is organized by individual name and arranged alphabetically.

Also included is correspondence from cultural organizations, museums, and publishers, as well as fan letters.

Notable correspondents include many contemporary poets and writers such as, John Betjeman, Charles Causley, Cecil Day-Lewis, Margaret Drabble, Roy Fuller, Laurie Lee, Peter Levi, Ruth Pitter, Anne Ridler, A.L. Rowse, Stephen Spender, Anthony Thwaite, and John Wain. Internationally acclaimed actors Sir John Gielgud and Alec Guinness are also represented by lengthy correspondence. Of special interest is the extensive correspondence from long-time friend, Dame Cicely Veronica Wedgewood, the well-respected historian and writer. Dating from early 1969 to the end of 1971, the letters were sent when Jennings was going through a long period of depression.

Dates

03/25/1988-04/04/1988

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.84 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger Document Cases)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Contains 2 ACS + envelopes to EJ - @ 3/25/88: "Thank you so much for letter and wildly over-extravagant praise for work in Little Dorrit. I don't think you need to tackle the book having had six hours of it on the screen; the melodramatic bits (omitted from film) are tedious." @ 4/4/88: "Thank you for the poems. I find A Child Destroyed very disturbing. It, and Crucifixion 1988 are both fine....Have you read Muggeridge's "Conversion: A Spiritual Journey?"...I must have read The Cloud two or three times but never registered, which he quotes: - For not what thou art, not what thou hast been doth God regard with His merciful eyes, but what thou wouldn't be. Very comforting."

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

GUINNESS, ALEC - CORRES. TO JENNINGS, ELIZABETH 1988: Autographed Letter

JENNINGS, ELIZABETH - "A CHILD DESTROYED" (REFERENCE): Autographed Letter

JENNINGS, ELIZABETH - "CRUCIFIXION 1988" (REFERENCE): Autographed Letter