Item 21 - Notebook with drafts of "Thamyris" and "Cheiron" by R. C. Trevelyan

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TRER/31/21

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Notebook with drafts of "Thamyris" and "Cheiron" by R. C. Trevelyan

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  • c 1925-1927 (Creation)

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Notebook with black cover. 92 ff. Lined pages.

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Trevelyan, Robert Calverley (1872-1951), poet, dramatist, and translator
(1872-1951)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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Translation of Catullus 45 on inside cover. Prose narrative about a conversation between Septimius and Acme [an early version of "Maya"?]. Draft dialogue between Apollinax, Gigadibs and Percival Smith, in which the Devil gives Apollinax the power to destroy the world and the others attempt to persuade him not to use it. Notebook also used from other end in: part drafts of Trevelyan's "Thamyris: or, Is There A Future For Poetry?" and "Cheiron".

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