CORRESPONDENCE
Adams, J. J. 94–5, 108–9, 117
Bunting, Roudaba 406–7, 449, 490–91
De Silver, Margaret 292, 307–8, 314–15, 330, 334–5, 343–5
Doyle, Mike 454–5, 468
Drerup, Karl 252–3, 258–9, 262, 266, 274–5, 287–8
Eliot, T. S. 323
Evans, Charles, headmaster of Leighton Park School 46–7
Forde, Victoria 456–8, 505–6, 508–9, 511, 516–17, 524–5
Goacher, Denis 354, 403, 471, 505
The Leightonian 70
Leippert, James 107, 109
Manchester Guardian 266–7
Monroe, Harriet 166–7, 202, 204, 214
Mottram, Eric 107–8, 441, 448–9, 454, 455, 459
The New English Weekly 558(429)
Pickard, Tom 72, 315, 440, 448, 527
Poli, Bernard 104
Pound, Dorothy 276, 280–82, 288, 294, 297–302, 307, 309–10, 312, 315, 319–20, 325–8, 343, 349, 395–6, 403–4, 409, 438, 586(185)
Pound, Ezra 81–2, 216, 221–2, 229–30, 243, 245–6, 251–2, 261, 295, 297, 336, 345, 439–40, 559(442)
Quartermain, Peter 441, 445–6, 469, 474–5, 509
Robbins, Lionel 84–7, 93
The Times 452–3
Williams, Jonathan 417, 418, 420, 422–3, 426, 427, 433, 464, 473, 475, 479–80, 485, 486–7, 488–90, 492, 494, 497, 502–3, 508, 519, 521, 522, 523, 524
Zabel, Morton of Poetry 213
Zukofsky, Louis 266, 267–8, 273–4, 275, 278, 287–8, 290, 293–4, 297, 315–17, 325, 329, 333, 343, 345, 348–9, 353, 357–8, 367–8, 394, 399
DEATH (1985) 526–7, 594(116)
University of Durham memorial 526
EARLY LIFE
birth (1900) 21, 24
birthplace (Denton Road, Scotswood, Tyneside) 24, 26
Bunting family’s servants 23
mining background 22–3, 24–5
poetry, childhood ambition 75–6
Throckley 11, 295, 320, 337, 352
EDUCATION
Ackworth School 27–30, 36, 39–41, 391, 535(45)
Frederick Andrews (headmaster) 29, 40, 42, 62, 63–4
Bible, role in 29
curriculum vitae 534(26)
Leighton Park School 29–30, 41–63
Charles Evans (headmaster) 42, 46–51, 53, 57–9, 88–9
pacifism 62–3
reference for Rt. Hon. Sidney Webb 90–91
Debating Society 46, 52–3, 61–2
Elocution Competition 56
Hobbies Competition 57
JBH, public speaking competition 56–7, 64
Literary, Historical and Archaeological Society (LHA) 46, 51–2, 54, 59
Peckover Hall 58
Senior Essay Society 45, 54–6
sporting achievements 537(88)
Union Committee 45–6
London School of Economics 38, 79–84, 87–91
absences from 84–91
Mair, Mrs 89–90
reference from 90–91
primary school 26–7
tapioca pudding 27
Quaker education 28–9
University of Freiburg, opportunity to study 88–9
FAMILY LIFE
fatherhood 220
grandchildren 420–21, 583(101)
grandson, Ahab 421
see also entries for individual family members
FINANCES
awards from Arts Council 401, 452–4
difficulties 343–8, 354, 415, 497
in old age 451–2, 454–5, 489
in the Poetry Society 468
in Rapallo, Italy 219–20
in Tenerife 222–3, 227–8
fees
for inclusion in anthologies 435
for readings 432–3, 478–9
inheritance from an aunt 353
poverty 161–2
support from Margaret de Silver 149–51, 223, 228, 259, 554(343)
tax, issues with 587(207)
tax breaks 511–12
HEALTH
cancer scare 497
cataracts, removal 427
depression 223
eye strain 88
eyesight, failing 426–7
lumbago 444, 451
migraine headaches 43
mysterious illness 268
in old age 498–9, 502, 505–6, 519, 523–4, 526
stroke 497
HOMES
Algarve, Portugal 228
Baghdad, Iraq 335–6
Bellingham 519
Bourron-Marlotte, France 94
Canada 439–41
Canary Isles 220–43
chess with Franco 243
rape of housemaid in Tenerife 230
relationship with Juana 247–50
Coldside, Simonside Hills, Northumberland 151–2
Greystead, Tarset 508–12, 516
Lisbon, Portugal 229
Los Angeles 258–9
New York 162, 166–8, 263
Paris 89–90, 93–108
arrest for drunken behaviour 99–100, 101–2, 107
imprisonment in La Santé prison 99, 101, 102, 107, 544(83)
982 Balloon Squadron 275–9
beauty of 314
Combined Intelligence Centre 283–6
memories of 295–7
opium smoking 312
Vice-Consul in Isfahan 287–91
car accident 290
Rapallo, Italy 81, 109–10, 112, 157–62, 169–84, 202, 220
South Hill Park, London 244
St John’s Wood, London 84
Teheran, Iran 283–6
expulsion from 328–36, 350
Whitley Chapel 521–3, 525
Wylam, Shadingfield 353–4, 441
yachts
Idonea 299
Thistle 252–6
INFLUENCES
classic literature 16–17
Quakerism 9–10
literature 86–7
childhood 27
northern 9–12, 14–16, 18, 46–7
Poe, Edgar Allen, early influence 54, 56
see also MUSIC
JOBS
British Embassy in Teheran 300–312
espionage 267
journalism
art reviews for The Outlook 141
book reviews 239–42
The Outlook 141–4, 148
Westminster Magazine 239
London’s Squares and How to Save Them 138–9
transatlantic review 72, 133
editorship of ‘British’ edition of Poetry 200–203, 206–10
financial expert for Evening Chronicle 351–2
libraries, review of 140
music reviews 181, 549(202)
in The Outlook 133–4, 144–8
private secretary on transatlantic review 97–107
reporter for The Times in Teheran 312–18, 327–36
sub-editor of Daily Journal 350–51
judging at poetry competition 515–16
lecturing
Lemington 117, 265–6
Sligo 176, 475
State University of New York 412–14, 417, 441
University of British Columbia 439–41
University of California 416–17, 419–20
University of Victoria 443–51
libel action against Robin Skelton 446–7
life model 93
Persian embassy, interview 349–50
presidency of Northern Arts 484–6
presidency of Poetry Society 12, 458, 459–68
proofreading 348–9
secretary to Harry Barnes MP 91–2
University of Newcastle fellowship 484–5
vice-consul in Isfahan 287–91
Yale, application to 337–8
LOVE LIFE 157, 273
Antonietta 160–61, 171, 552–3(294)
Helen Egli 135–6, 186, 411–12
Marian Gray Culver 162
alleged domestic violence 247–8, 250
separation and divorce 245–6
Peggy Greenbank 1, 31–3, 368, 477–8, 526–7, 582(66)
Briggflatts possibly written for 403–4, 581(27)
rekindled relationship 403–8, 581(31)
Sima Alladadian 308–9
provision for in will 503
separation and divorce 489–92
Violet Harris 273–4
MUSIC
in Briggflatts 399
in BB’s poetry 112, 120–26, 154
concert in Rapallo, Italy, 1933 181
instruction at Leighton Park School 59
singing 535(49)
sonatas 112, 120–26, 145, 457–8
patterns in Briggflatts 387–8
OPINIONS
of academics 431
bureaucracy 473
of Germans 550(229)
Islamic culture 571(181)
journalism 167, 351, 373
racial generalisations 550(229)
on religion 391–4
of Spanish 550(229)
ON POETRY
advice to students of poetry 431–2
ballad form 187
cadence 546(130)
dialect in poetry 186–7
metre 158, 163, 193
public interest in 205–6
POLITICS 17, 242–3
MPs, opinion of 92
political journalism 239
The Fabian Society 37–8
on propaganda 137
READING ALOUD 13–16, 56–7, 357, 402–3, 419, 425
of Briggflatts 10, 13, 15–16, 396
festival 473–4
Guggenheim Museum 425
at Harvard 402–3
in Paris 507
question of fees 432–4
for radio 437–8
St Andrew’s Presbyterian College 194
tour 478–84
at University of Victoria 444–5
voice 10, 13–16, 56–7
TRANSLATIONS 157–8, 256, 579(44)
BB’s reviews of 142
of Catullus 223
of classics 132–3
of Ferdowsi 183–6, 225–6, 231, 245, 374–5, 555(349)
Guggenheim Fellowship application 185–6
of Hafiz 231
of Horace 189–90, 442–3
of Manuchehri 305
of Rudaki 305
into Latin 556(383)
from Persian 305–6
of The Pious Cat 500–501
reviews of 239–40
TRAVEL
Denmark 1920 84–6
to Germany
from London to Teheran 296
Russia, attempted visit 84–6, 541(30)
sailing
in Amalfi 109, 160–61
ode 503–4
in Rapallo, Italy 109
school 256–7
on Thistle 252–6
to US 257–8
Stockholm, Sweden, 1920 86
home from Teheran 336
from Tenerife to England 244
to Vancouver, Canada 439–40
Venice, visit to 507
WARS
bombing of Rapallo 281
conscientious objection 62, 64–75
hunger strike 70, 74–5
Winchester Civil Prison 70
Wormwood Scrubs 69, 70, 539(141)
Royal Air Force 265, 268–91, 346, 567(19, 20, 22), 576(351)
229 Squadron 279–83
929 Squadron, Queensferry 275
942 Squadron, Balloon Command 269–70
948 Squadron, Rosyth 271–2
982 Squadron, Chessington 275–9
interpreting Persian 277–8
deaths of pilots 282, 283, 340–41
debriefing after sorties 281
German spy, capture of 285
Malta 279–80
practical joke 279
Sicily 280–81, 283
Sierra Leone 275–6
Tripoli, Libya 279
security operations in the Middle East 286
willingness to enlist in Second World War 264
WORKS
A song for Rustam 357–8
A thrush in the syringa sings 358, 434
Alas! The Coster’s End 137–8
All the cants they peddle 418
All You Spanish Ladies 416
An appleblossom to crocus 224
An arles, an arles/Ode 12 159–60, 169
anthologies, inclusion of BB’s works in 434–5
Anthology 512–15
At Briggflatts Meeting House 10, 476–7
Attis: Or, Something Missing 190–92, 204, 209, 211
Aubade 131
Aus Dem Zweiten Reich 172, 192
Birthday greetings 358–9, 416
Briggflatts see Briggflatts main entry
Carmencita’s tawny paps 410
Carmina 168–9
Caveat Emptor 246–7
Chomei at Toyama 193–6, 211, 212–14, 429
Collected Poems 12, 112, 152, 410, 418, 559–60(456)
2nd edition 436–7
3rd edition 499–500, 501–2
reviews 428–30
Crime and Punishment (review) 139
Darling of Gods and Men (translation) 132, 133
Dear be still! 158
Descant on Rawthey’s Madrigal: Conversations with Basil Bunting (with Williams) 1–2, 3, 72–3, 76, 104, 145, 430
Dialogue: Non-Platonic 196
Directory of Current English Authors 557(407)
Do not think I am contented here 160
Empty vast days… 135–6, 338
Etcetera 169
Farewell ye sequent graces 113
First Book of Odes 397
From “Faridun’s Sons” by Firdusi (translation) 245
Gin the Goodwife Stint 187
Grandma’s Complaint 196–7
How Duke Valentine Contrived 223–4
I am agog for foam 131–2
recited by Yeats 174
In Paris there is no one dull 94–5
Keep Troth 60–61
King Ida’s Watch Chain 396, 580(3)
Last night without sight (translation) 305–6
Law and Liberty (essay) 44–5
Let them remember 255
The Lion and the Lizard (essay) 215
Loquitur 397–9
Loud intolerant bells 153–6
attack on church 153–6
Mr. Ezra Pound (essay) 217–18
Northern Farmer 262
Not to thank dogwood 255–6
Nothing/The Word 200
Now that sea’s over that island 188–9
O, it is godlike 409–10
O Ubi Campi!/The soil sandy 231–2
Observations on Left-Wing Papers (essay) 137, 242
Ode 11/To a Poet… 158–9
Ode 12 159–60
On highest summits dawn comes soonest 397
On the fly-leaf of Pound’s Cantos 306–7, 397
Overdrafts 133
Perche no spero 503–4
Personal Column 136
Pious Cat, The (translation) 500–501
Poems 1950 318–20, 341, 395–6, 397
The Present Social Condition of Shinfield 53–4
Redimiculum Matellarum 112, 153, 168–9
A Revival of a Forgotten Art: A Romantic Allegory 54–6
Roncevaux 40–41, 539(134)
Salad Basket, The 118–19
Search under every veil 303–4
Second Book of Odes 358
See! Their verses are laid 304–5
Some of Our Conquerors (column) 140–41
Some limitations of English (essay) 215
Song of the Ackworth Clock, The 36
Stones trip Coquet burn 436–7
Such syllables flicker out of grass 457–8, 520
‘T’ versus ‘N’ 33–4
The Complaint of the Morpeths
hire farmer 187–8, 319, 338, 555–6(366)
The day being Whitsun 152–3
The Orotava Road 226–7, 562(531)
The soil sandy/O Ubi Campi! 231–2
The Spoils 247, 274, 339–43, 346–8, 575(306)
published by Tom Pickard 356
reviews 395, 396–7, 398
The Well of Lycopolis 223, 232–8, 563(551)
The Written Record 560(476)
Three Michaelmas daisies 410
Throb: An Inquiry 136–7
To a Poet… 158–9
To Violet, with prewar poems 247, 273
Two hundred and seven paces 224–5
Two Photographs 192–3
Two Poems 416
Under sand clay 309, 408–9
Verse and Version 208, 397, 556(383)
Vessels thrown awry 224
Villon 8, 72, 74, 102–3, 126–31, 211, 398, 547(149)
Byzantine iconography in 128–9
EP’s alterations 547(150)
hatching imagery 127–8
Lyric Prize 208
Part II, comparison with The Well of Lycopolis 236
prison, description 124–7, 130
sonata style 120, 124–6
Surrealism in 98
Vivamus mea Lesbia (translation) 579(44)
Weeping oaks grieve, chestnuts raise 112–13
What the Chairman Told Tom 409, 416
When the sword (translation) 231
The Written Record (essay) 214
Yes, it’s slow, docked of amours 189, 434
anachronisms in 189
You can’t grip years, Postume (translation) 442–3
You idiot! What makes you think decay will 408
You leave 231
WRITING, OTHER
art reviews for The Outlook 141
book reviews 239–42
for The Outlook 141–4, 148
Westminster Magazine 239
London’s Squares and How to Save Them 138–9
critical essays 214–16, 217–18
humorous poetry 196–7
music reviews 181, 549(202)
in The Outlook 133–4, 144–8
Oriental Loeb, proposed 321
Bunting, Bourtai, BB’s daughter 567(16), 583(101)
birth 170, 180
intended visit to Persia 289
marriage 573(251)
meeting with BB 420–23
final time 506
memories of England 244–5
memories of Tenerife 222
playhouse from Yeats 175
revelation about her brother 564(589)
Bunting, Harriet, BB’s aunt 23, 116
Bunting, Joseph, BB’s grandfather 23
Bunting, Joyce, BB’s sister 27, 28, 76, 534–5(30)
Bunting, Marian Gray, née Culver, BB’s first wife 241, 243, 550–51(233), 567(16)
account of marriage to BB 167–8, 186, 219–20, 228, 247–50
cancellation of Bourtai’s visit to Persia 289
divorce 245–6
on EP’s politics 178–9
financial situation 222–3
first meeting 157
marriage 162
rekindled friendship 421–2
Bunting, Mary Elizabeth, née Lowe, BB’s grandmother 23
Bunting (Davido), Roudaba, BB’s daughter 291, 343, 509–10, 583(101)