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Literature 166
Poetry 157
20th century 121
19th century 89
English literature 81
Poets 62
Humanities 50
18th century 46
English poetry 45
17th century 42
English poetry -- 20th century 37
21st century 24
English literature -- 20th century 19
Letters 19
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16th century 13
Correspondence 13
Literature -- 20th century 12
English poetry -- Women authors 11
Latin poetry 10
Poems 9
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 9
University of Oxford 9
English poetry -- 19th century 8
Latin literature 8
Literature -- Translations 8
Poetry -- 20th century 8
Authors 7
Commonplace books 7
Poets -- 20th century 7
War poetry 7
English literature -- 19th century 6
Literary criticism 6
Oxford (England) 6
Poets, English -- Correspondence 6
Political satire 6
Religion 6
Religious poetry 6
University of Oxford -- Students 6
Children's literature -- 20th century 5
English language 5
Essays 5
French literature 5
Greek literature 5
Manuscripts 5
Playwriting -- Drama 5
Poetry, English 5
Poetry, Greek 5
Religious literature, English 5
Classical literature 4
English literature -- 18th century 4
English literature -- 21st century 4
Letters -- 20th century 4
Music 4
Scholars 4
Sermons 4
World War, 1914-1918 4
Antiquarians 3
Authors -- 20th century 3
Bible 3
Cricket 3
Diaries 3
English poetry -- 17th century 3
English poetry -- 18th century 3
France 3
Latin prose literature 3
Law 3
Lectures and lecturing 3
London (England) 3
Poetry -- 17th century 3
Poetry, Italian 3
Poets, English 3
University of Oxford -- Intellectual life 3
Art 2
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 2
Authors, English -- Correspondence 2
Authors, classical 2
Autographs 2
Bible -- O.T. -- Psalms 2
Christianity 2
Cornwall (England) 2
Drama 2
Drama -- 20th century 2
Drawings 2
English literature -- 17th century 2
Epic poetry 2
Feminism 2
German literature 2
Great Britain -- History 2
Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 2
Historians 2
Illumination of books and manuscripts 2
Inklings (Group of writers) 2
Ireland 2
Italian literature 2
Journalism 2
Novelists -- 19th century 2
Novelists -- 20th century 2
Philosophy 2
Poetry -- 18th century 2
Indexed names
Blunden | Edmund Charles | 1896-1974 | poet 8
University of Oxford | Prizes 8
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | Poet Laureate 7
Larkin | Philip Arthur | 1922-1985 | poet 7
Williams | Charles Walter Stansby | 1886-1945 | author 6
University of Oxford 5
Mare | Walter John de la | 1873-1956 | author and poet 4
Masefield | John Edward | 1878-1967 | poet and novelist 4
Auden | Wystan Hugh | 1907-1973 | poet and writer 3
Beddoes | Thomas Lovell | 1803-1849 | poet and physiologist 3
Coles | Jenny | nee Joseph | 1932-2018 | writer 3
Lewis | Cecil | Day- | 1904-1972 | poet and novelist 3
Pitter | Ruth | 1897-1992 | poet 3
Shelley | Percy Bysshe | 1792-1822 | poet 3
Spender | Sir | Stephen Harold | 1909-1995 | Knight | poet 3
Swinburne | Algernon Charles | 1837-1909 | poet 3
Austen | Jane | 1775-1817 | Novelist 2
Binyon | Laurence | 1869-1943 | Poet and art historian 2
Carew | Thomas | 1594-1640 | Poet 2
Clare | John | 1793-1864 | Poet 2
Donne | John | 1573-1631 | Dean of St Paul's, poet 2
Flecker | Herman James Elroy | 1884-1915 | poet and playwright 2
Gibson | Wilfrid Wilson | 1878-1962 | Georgian poet 2
Hawker | Robert Stephen | 1803-1875 | vicar of Morwenstow, poet and antiquary 2
Keats | John | 1795-1821 | Poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | Poet 2
Pope | Alexander | 1688-1744 | poet 2
Ridler | Anne Barbara | 1912-2001 | née Bradby | poet and writer 2
Sassoon | Siegfried | 1886-1967 | poet 2
Shelley | Mary Wollstonecraft | 1797-1851 | née Godwin | writer 2
Shelley | Sir | Percy Florence | 1819-1889 | 3rd Baronet 2
Southey | Robert | 1774-1843 | poet, journalist, and biographer 2
Tennyson | Alfred | 1809-1892 | 1st Baron Tennyson | poet 2
Treby | Ivor | 1933-2012 | poet, gay literary activist and Michael Field researcher 2
University of Oxford | Students 2
Wain | John Barrington | 1925-1994 | novelist, poet, literary critic 2
Warton | Joseph | 1722-1800 | Critic 2
Winn | Kieron | Poet and Teacher 2
Woolner | Thomas | 1825-1892 | Sculptor and Poet 2
"Troglodyte" | fl. 1918 | pseudonym 1
Abbott | Claude Colleer |17 April 1889–17 Sept. 1971 | Professor of English Language and Literature in the University of Durham, 1932–54, Emeritus Professor, 1954 1
Addison | Joseph | 1672-1719 | poet and statesman 1
Adimari | Lodovico | 1644-1708 | poet 1
Alabaster | William | 1567-1640 | Latin Poet and Canon of St Paul's 1
Aldrich | Henry | fl 1685-1710 | sub-dean and dean of Christ Church 1
Alighieri | Dante | 1265-1321 | poet 1
Amis | Sir | Kingsley William | 1922-1995 | Knight | novelist and literary critic 1
Anderton | James | 1557-1613 | Religious controversialist also known as John Brereley 1
Aristotle | 384-322 BC | Greek philosopher 1
Armiger | Miles Christian | fl. 20th century 1
Ashbaugh | Dennis | 1946- | Artist 1
Atterbury | Francis | 1662-1732 | Bishop of Rochester 1
Augurellus | Johannes Aurelius | d. 1524 1
Augustine | d 604 | Saint, first Archbishop of Canterbury 1
Baker | Mary | fl. 1813-1841 1
Balcon | Jill Angela Henriette | 1925-2009 | actress and broadcaster 1
Banks | J. C. | fl. 1810-1822 1
Beaumont | fl 1688-1730 | Nonconformist 1
Beecham | Helen Audrey | 1915-1989 | poet and academic | known as Audrey Beecham 1
Begos | Kevin | Publisher 1
Belloc | Joseph Hilaire Pierre | 1870-1953 | writer and historian 1
Benlowes | Edward | 1602-1676 | poet 1
Bennett | Arnold | 1867-1931 | Writer 1
Betham | William | 1749-1839 | Antiquary and clergyman 1
Betjeman | Sir | John | 1906-1984 | Knight | Poet Laureate and writer 1
Bishop | Elizabeth | b 1763 | nee Wollstonecraft 1
Bladen | Peter | 1922-2001 | Poet 1
Bliss | Philip | 1787-1857 | Antiquary and Editor 1
Bliss | Philip | 1787-1857 | antiquary and editor 1
Bottomley | Gordon | 1874-1948 | Poet and playwright 1
Bowra | Sir | Maurice | 1898-1971 | Knight | scholar 1
Bracton | Henry de | c 1210-1268 | Judge, Chancellor of Exeter Cathedral 1
Bridger | R. Lowther | fl. 1905-1918 1
Bridges | Edward Ettingdene | 1892-1969 | civil servant 1
Bridges | Mary Monica | 1863-1949 | née Waterhouse | wife of Robert Bridges 1
Bridges | Robert Seymour | 1844-1930 | poet laureate 1
Brooke | Rupert Chawner | 1887-1915 | Poet 1
Bruce | John | 1802-1869 | Antiquary 1
Butt | John Everett | 1906-1965 | Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh 1
Buxton | John | 1912-1989 | Scholar, university teacher, poet, and ornithologist 1
Byron | Anne Isabella | 1792-1860 | 11th Baroness Wentworth and Baroness Byron | Social reformer and philanthropist 1
Byron | George Gordon | 1788-1824 | | 6th Baron Byron | poet 1
Byron | George Gordon | 6th Baron Byron | 1788-1824 | poet 1
Casey | George Edward Comerford | 1846-1912 | clergyman, teacher and writer 1
Chaucer | Geoffrey | c 1340-1400 | Poet 1
Church of England | Diocese of London | Consistory Court 1
Clayton | Roderick Edward | fl 1990 1
Coleridge | Samuel Taylor | 1772-1834 | Poet and philosopher 1
Congreve | William | 1670-1729 | Dramatist 1
Cook | Mariana R. | b.1955 | Photographer 1
Cooper | J.G. | fl 1745-1762 1
Coppard | Alfred Edgar | 1878-1957 | writer 1
Cozens | Emily | fl 1880 1
Crabbe | George | 1754-1832 | Poet 1
Crespigny | Caroline Champion de | née Bathurst | 1796-1861 | poet 1
Dale | Peter | b. 1938 | poet and translator 1
Daman | Charles | 1813-1895 | clergyman 1
Darton | Mary Ann | d.1861 1
Davids | Roy | 1942-2017 | book dealer, collector, writer 1
Davis | Sir | Rupert Charles | Hart- | 1907-1999 | knight | author, editor, and publisher 1

Printed book: Oxonii encomium [signed Benevolus. In verse.] by Edward Benlowes

 Single Item
Shelfmark: Vet. A3 b.6
Printed book: Oxonii encomium [signed Benevolus. In verse.] by Edward Benlowes
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 1672

Printed extract from a collection of Oxford prize poems, containing 'Partheon' by Richard Buron

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6036, fols. 157-160
Printed extract from a collection of Oxford prize poems, containing 'Partheon' by Richard Buron.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 1811

Printouts of Excerpts from a Work in Progress by Geoffrey Hill

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 66-70
Printouts of Excerpts from a Work in Progress by Geoffrey Hill, 2010.
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates: 2010

Prize winning essays and poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23165
Comprises printout copies of: Poem 'Leaving you by train through England' by Howard Anglin, Lord Alfred Douglas Memorial Prize Poem 'Trente et Quarante' by Jennifer Kim, Jon Stallworthy Poetry Prize Essay 'A Conversational Study With A Tempestuous Figure' by Oliver Bingham, Matthew Arnold Prize Poem 'Outermost' by Nicholas Stone, Sir Roger Newdigate...
Extents: 1 box (1 folder)
Dates: 2023

Prize winning essays and poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2024

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23781
Prize winning essays and poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2024.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 2024

Prize winning poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Misc. 6, fols. 37-44.
Prize winning poems from the Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford, 2025.
Extents: 8 Leaves
Dates: 2025

'The raven' by Edgar Allan Poe written and illuminated on vellum by John Foster

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 33
'The raven' by Edgar Allan Poe written and illuminated on vellum by John Foster
Extents: 18 Leaves
Dates: 1872

Rawlinson Manuscripts

 Collection
Richard Rawlinson's collection of manuscripts, 8th-18th century.
Extents: 3571 boxes (392.81 linear metres)
Dates: 8th-18th century

Reading journal of Henrietta Nevill, kept in Bath, Tunbridge Wells and London.

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 12395
Reading journal of Henrietta Nevill
Extents: 1 volume
Dates: c. 1802-c. 1804

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam (Fitzgerald's translation), written on parchment by William Morris

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Don. f. 3
The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam (Fitzgerald's translation), written on parchment by William Morris
Extents: 12 Leaves
Dates: c. 1872-1874

'Sanctissimæ Trinitati ... et sanctissimo Anglorum Apostolo Augustino, patrono suo ... d.d. cc. q. ... Poetæ Collegii Anglicani Duaceni, Anno mdcclxii'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. misc. d. 5
'Sanctissimæ Trinitati ... et sanctissimo Anglorum Apostolo Augustino, patrono suo ... d.d. cc. q. ... Poetæ Collegii Anglicani Duaceni, Anno mdcclxii'
Extents: 40 Leaves
Dates: Written in A.D. 1767 in several hands at Douay

Satirical pieces, mainly verse

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 18
Satirical pieces, mainly verse
Extents: 203 Leaves
Dates: c. 1675-c. 1700

Scribal copy of a translation by Sir John Harington from Latin into English verse of 'The school of Salerne'

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 32
Scribal copy of a translation by Sir John Harington from Latin into English verse of 'The school of Salerne'.
Extents: 28 Leaves
Dates: Early 17th century

'Second MS. containing later Historical and earlier Poems, besides Verses for Christmas and Easter, Scraps, etc. all composed by Emily Cozens. Copied by William Cozens’

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3606
'Second MS. containing later Historical and earlier Poems, besides Verses for Christmas and Easter, Scraps, etc. all composed by Emily Cozens Copied by William Cozens
Extents: 150.0 pages
Dates: 1880

Seven poems written for John Wain on the occasion of his marriage

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2724, fols. 51-57
Seven poems written for John Wain on the occasion of his marriage
Extents: 7 Leaves
Dates: 1947

Shelley Manuscripts and Relics (additions)

 Collection
Literary notebooks and papers, correspondence and other papers, portraits and relics of Percy and Mary Shelley, with further materials of their family and circle, including earlier and contemporary estate documents of the Shelley family and related families, and later secondary materials.
Extents: 82 shelfmarks and 37 objects
Dates: 1577-1992 (predominantly 18th-20th cent.)

Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 8
Short amatory poems, ballads, songs, etc., partly Scotch
Extents: 66 Leaves
Dates: Written about the middle of the 18th century in several hands

Signature, photograph and lock of hair of A. C. Swinburne

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Autogr. d. 26
Signature, photograph and lock of hair of A. C. Swinburne.
Extents: 10 Leaves
Dates: c. 1837-1909

Signed copy of two sonnets by A. C. Swinburne addressed to John Nichol

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 16
Signed copy of two sonnets by A. C. Swinburne addressed to John Nichol
Extents: 1 Leaves
Dates: May 1881, 1916

Six letters from John Masefield to Barbara Evans née Hay-Cooper

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Misc. 6, fols. 17-27
Six letters from John Masefield to Barbara Evans née Hay-Cooper, c.1930-1958.
Extents: 11 Leaves
Dates: c.1930-1958