Letters from W.H. Auden to Professor E.R. Dodds and to Mrs. Dodds
Single Item
MS. Eng. lett. c. 464
50 letters from W.H. Auden to Professor E.R. Dodds, and 32 to Mrs Dodds, 1936-1973.
Poems, all printed in Collected Poems, ed. Edward Mendelson, 1976, are on the following leaves: 16, 59, 60, 122, 129, 130, 137, 139v, 140, 142, 144, 148v, 150, 152v, 153, 155v, 157v, 159v, 161, 163v, 165v; some contain variants from the final text.
On fols. 168-179 are notes on education, early 1930s.
Poems, all printed in Collected Poems, ed. Edward Mendelson, 1976, are on the following leaves: 16, 59, 60, 122, 129, 130, 137, 139v, 140, 142, 144, 148v, 150, 152v, 153, 155v, 157v, 159v, 161, 163v, 165v; some contain variants from the final text.
On fols. 168-179 are notes on education, early 1930s.
Dates
- 1936-1973
Extent
184 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
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MS. Eng. lett. c. 464
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 22246
Abstract
Letters from W.H. Auden to Professor E.R. Dodds and to Mrs. Dodds
Biographical / Historical
Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) was an Anglo-American poet and writer.
Eric Robertson Dodds (1893-1979) was a classical scholar. He was the Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1936-1960.
Annie Edwards Dodds, née Powell (1886/7–1973), was a lecturer in English at Reading University.
For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Eric Robertson Dodds (1893-1979) was a classical scholar. He was the Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford, 1936-1960.
Annie Edwards Dodds, née Powell (1886/7–1973), was a lecturer in English at Reading University.
For further details see the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bequeathed by Professor E.R. Dodds.
- Title
- Letters from W.H. Auden to Professor E.R. Dodds and to Mrs. Dodds
- Status
- Published
- Author
- EAD version 2022 by Marion Lowman
- Date
- EAD version 2022
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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