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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Park, Thomas (1759-1834) | 54 |
| Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764) | 40 |
| Dodsley, Robert | 40 |
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 36 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 31 |
| Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) | 30 |
| Auden, W H (1907-1973) | 26 |
| Chalmers, Alexander | 21 |
| Chalmers, Alexander (1759-1834) | 21 |
| Drinkwater, John (1882-1937) | 21 |
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Peter Dale, materials relating to the composition and publication of 'Da Capo: a sequence of poems [by] Dale, with Back for somehow on: an essay on Da Capo [by] Philip Hoy' (London, 1997).
Dale, Peter John (1938-)
1993-1998
Principally comprises autograph manuscript drafts of poems by Peter Dale for 'Da Capo', a manuscript notebook belonging to Peter Dale entitled 'Notes/ Da Capo/ 1993-96', several autograph typescript d...
Fleur Adcock, papers relating to The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry,
Adcock, Fleur
1984-1987
Comprises: (1) 1 copy of the published work, 1987; (2) 1 file of correspondence between Fleur Adcock and Craig Raine of Faber and Faber (1984-1986) concerning the publication, together with photocopie...
Old English Poems and Myths: Translation, Re-tellings, Etc.
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1960-1998
This sub-fonds contains items relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's translations and re-tellings of Old English poems and mythological tales.
Longman Annotated English Poets papers
1959-1986
Comprises: (1) ca. 125 letters concerning a Chaucer edition, mostly from Richard J. Beck to F.W. Bateson, February 1964 - June 1978; (2) Notes and draft text relating to general aspects of proposed Ch...
Humphrey Moore Archive, assembled by John Bridgen
Bridgen, John William
1927-2002
Literary archive of Humphrey Moore and associated materials on twentieth-century poetry, assembled by John Bridgen.
Robert Browning, holograph poems
Browning, Robert (1782-1866)
c.1820-1866
Vol.1: The anatomical parish -- Vol.2: The enquiry -- Vol.3: The journey to London -- Vol.4: Law -- Vol.5: The legacy -- Vol.6: The medium's ball -- Vol.7: The medium's progress -- Vol.8: The murder -...
Mortimer Collins, poems
Collins, Mortimer (1827-1876)
c.1860-1876
Comprises two poems: (1) My thrush; (2) By the fountain
Felicia Hemans, Music of yesterday: a poem
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne
c.1810-1835
Finely bound in blue with leather spine embossed with gilt lettering as follows: MRS. HEMANS. MS. - MUSIC OF YESTERDAY. Includes a full transcription of the manuscript.
Barry Pain, autograph manuscript poem entitled 'I am seventeen and have written three books'
Pain, Barry (1864-1928)
c. 1900
Florence Peacock, original holograph manuscripts of poems
Peacock, Florence
c.1895-1896
Comprises the following poems:-(1) 'The charm of the rue'; (2) 'Living though the date be old'; (3) 'A stony way'; (4) 'Though your sins be as scarlet...', Isaiah 1.18; (5) 'A northern sailor'; (6) 'T...
Rosamund Marriott Watson, autograph manuscript poem 'A ruined altar'
Watson, Rosamund Marriott (1863-1911)
c. 1900
Split in half horizontally and somewhat damaged; with text written only on the two rectos
Thomas Kibble Hervey, The nun, a poem
Hervey, Thomas Kibble (1799-1859)
c. 1850
Comprises the apparently original holograph manuscript of Hervey's poem 'The nun'. The bound volume includes a biography of Hervey which is somewhat fuller than that found in the Dictionary of Nationa...