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Total number of records: 12850

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English Literature12848
Brotherton Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry428
english language212
english literature172
english essays162
english drama130
theater78
poetry55
authors, english54
chapbooks, scottish53
poets, english52

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PlaceCount
Great Britain203
France41
United States40
Ireland34
Italy33
Europe30
England24
Yorkshire (England)22
Spain15
Scotland13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)195
Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953)165
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)159
Auden, W H (1907-1973)146
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)138
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)123
Baumann, Margaret119
Chalmers, Alexander (1759-1834)113
Chalmers, Alexander112
Bell, John (1745-1831)105

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From 160092
From 17002127
From 18003708
From 19006355
From 200076

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Up to 169987
Up to 17992041
Up to 18993661
Up to 19996002
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The English Collection forms the largest subject section within Special Collections and contains many old and rare materials dating from the mid-17th century onwards. Its classification follows that o...

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The Oxford book of twentieth-century English verse

Larkin, Philip (1922-1985)

1973

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New poetry 4 : an anthology

Adcock, Fleur; Thwaite, Anthony (1930-); Arts Council of Great Britain; PEN

1978

ISBN 0-09-134891-9 Pbk : £2.75.

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Fools and jesters : with a reprint of Robert Armin's Nest of ninnies 1608

Armin, Robert (fl. 1610); Collier, John Payne (1789-1883); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1842

With reproduction of original t.-p.: A Nest of Ninnies, Simply of themselves without Compound... By Robert Armin. London, Printed by T.E. for Iohn Deane. 1608.

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45 - 60 : an anthology of English poetry, 1945-60

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1960

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The price of an eye

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1961

Includes index

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New lines : an anthology (v.1)

Conquest, Robert

1956-63

Includes bibliography.

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New lines : an anthology (v.2)

Conquest, Robert

1956-63

Includes bibliography.

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Sir Thomas More : a play, now first printed

Dyce, Alexander (1798-1869); Shakespeare Society (Great Britain)

1844

Attributed to Anthony Muncy and also, in parts, to Shakespeare.

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The Faber book of modern verse

Roberts, Michael (1902-1948); Porter, Peter (1929-2010)

1982

Previous ed.: 1965.

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