Summary: | The file is mainly composed of photocopies of handwritten and typescript letters from Thomas Kinsella to Montague regarding both of their works such as, Kinsella’s ‘Downstream’ and Montague’s ‘Poisoned Land’. There is also discussion of other poets - James Liddy, Austin Clarke, and Richard Murphy- and artists - Oisín Kelly, and John Kelly. Finally personal matters such as, travel and living arrangements are mentioned, 1961-1968. The file also included a published review and the corresponding handwritten drafts by Montague of Kinsella’s ‘Nightwalker’, 1967 and ‘Poems 1956-1975’, 1980..
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