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English literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 257 Collections and/or Records:

Record of meetings of the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles

 Single Item
Shelfmark: Dep. e. 309
Record of meetings of the Oxford University Society of Bibliophiles
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1969-1979

Rejected draft for Chapter Nine of Full Term by J.I.M. Stewart

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fols. 81-84
Rejected draft for Chapter Nine of Full Term by J.I.M. Stewart.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: Sep 1989

“Relics of Youth”, verses by William Vincent of Chelsea

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 207
“Relics of Youth”, verses by William Vincent of Chelsea.
Extents: 44 Leaves
Dates: 1815-1827, c. 1830

Richard Adams's annotated copy of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) and his copy of the first British edition (1975)

 Collection
Richard Adams's annotated copy of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (1974) and his copy of the first British edition (1975).
Extents: 0.30 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1974-1975

A scrap book on coloured paper, containing among printed papers ranging from 1837 to 1877

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. c. 10
A scrap book on coloured paper, containing among printed papers ranging from 1837 to 1877
Extents: 200 Leaves
Dates: Partly written about A.D. 1830-1840

Script for a musical play on the life of St Frideswide

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 24246
Script for a musical play on the life of St Frideswide, c.1994.
Extents: 1 folder
Dates: c.1994

Series of 22 letters from Charles Lamb to William Godwin

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23682
22 letters from Charles Lamb (1775-1834) to William Godwin (1756-1836), 4 Dec 1800-[26 Jul 1827].
Extents: 0.08 Linear metres
Dates: 4 Dec 1800-[26 Jul 1827]

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.)

Stanley Family Papers

 Collection
Stanley Family Papers.
Extents: 0.20 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates: 1820-1830

The Stoughton manuscript of English poetry

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. d. 157
The Stoughton manuscript of English poetry.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: original dated 17th century

Three letters from Stephen Spender to Martin Filler regarding his contributions to Design Quarterly

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7963, fols. 92-95
Three letters from Stephen Spender to Martin Filler regarding his contributions to Design Quarterly, 1992.
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 1992

Time and Place, an anthology of short poems, chosen for their ‘geographically sentimental’ character and formally written out on parchment by the calligrapher William Graily Hewitt

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 191
Time and Place, an anthology of short poems, chosen for their ‘geographically sentimental’ character and formally written out on parchment by the calligrapher William Graily Hewitt.
Extents: 21 Leaves
Dates: 1938

A transcript of Robert Bridges' Eros and Psyche

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 213
A transcript of Robert Bridges’ Eros and Psyche.
Extents: 170 pages
Dates: 1884-1885

Transcripts by Neil R. Ker of the seven Poema Morale manuscripts

 Collection
Transcripts by Neil R. Ker of the seven Poema Morale manuscripts, created before 1932, with letters and notes, c.1947-1949.
Extents: 0.1 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: c.1930-1949 and n.d.

Two autograph letters written by Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra Austen

 Collection
Two autograph letters written by Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra Austen, 1796 and 1813.
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1796-1813

Two letters to Cyril Lakin from Jack Walter Lambert

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8410, fols. 71-72
Two letters to Cyril Lakin from Jack Walter Lambert, May 1946.
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: May 1946

Two sonnets written out in calligraphy by Alfred Fairbank

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 24414
Two sonnets written out in calligraphy by Alfred Fairbank, c.1975.
Extents: 1 item
Dates: 1975

Typescript copy of an article on John Masefield from the San Francisco Call

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. c. 652, fols. 104-105
Typescript copy of an article on John Masefield from the San Francisco Call
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 1913

Typescript draft of Lace by Shirley Conran

 Collection
Typescript draft of Lace by Shirley Conran with research notebook
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates: 1979-1991

Typescript drama in verse, 'Love’s Eve', by Walter de la Mare

 Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 220
Typescript drama in verse, ‘Love’s Eve’, by Walter de la Mare.
Extents: 51 Leaves
Dates: 1903