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Total number of records: 102

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Brotherton Collection102
English Literature102

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french literature3
latin literature, medieval and modern3
english prose literature3
english poetry3
english drama3
english fiction3

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Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)1
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)1
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)1

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From 180095
From 19007

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Up to 189948
Up to 199954

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Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

1851-1999

Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...

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Arminius

1856-1859

Manuscript copy (probably not by Swinburne) of his Latin epic poem 'Arminius', which is probably to be dated during his time at Oxford (1856-1859), and the original of which is identified at the begin...

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The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei

1837-1909

Carbon copy of a typescript transcription of Swinburne’s long story ‘The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei’, undated. 1 vol. (71 ff.), with a few blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The story ...

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Count Giordano

1837-1909

Autograph manuscript of a fragment of Swinburne’s verse play ‘Count Giordano’, undated.

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A Dark Month

1837-1909

Original autograph manuscript and typescript drafts (with many variations of text) of Swinburne’s series of poems published under the collective title ‘A Dark Month’ in the volume entitled ‘Tr...

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A Dark Month (further fragments)

1880

Autograph manuscript of parts of Swinburne’s series of poems entitled ‘A Dark Month’, probably to be dated ca.1880. 2 ff., folio size; manuscript. The poems are written in black ink on 4 pp. of ...

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De Graecorum Paloestra

1858

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s Latin prose essay ‘De Graecorum Paloestra’, written at Oxford in 1858. 1 vol. (5 ff.), with a few blank leaves; manuscript. The essay is written in black ink ...

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A Dialogue between Lord John Russell and Queen Victoria

1837-1909

Typescript of Swinburne’s prose work ‘A dialogue (in French) between Lord John Russell & Queen Victoria’, undated. 1 vol. (5 ff.), with some blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The dialogue...

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Dirae

1869-1873

Autograph manuscripts of Swinburne’s series of nine sonnets composed between 1869 and 1873, which formed the second half of his volume ‘Songs of Two Nations’. 1 vol. (12 ff.), but with interleav...

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Drink Deep

1859

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s sonnet ‘Drink Deep...’(probably to be dated by a watermark in the paper, which reads ‘1859’), together with a manuscript transcription. 4 ff.; manuscript....

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1894

1894

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s prose essay ‘1894’, together with a carbon copy of a typewritten transcription. 1 vol. (6 ff.), but with interleaved blank folios; manuscript and typescript. ...

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Art and morality

1874

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s prose essay ‘Art and Morality’, written in 1874, together with a typescript transcription. 1 vol. (6 ff.), but with many blank leaves; manuscript and typescri...

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