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English literature

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 175 Collections and/or Records:

Collection

Jane Austen autograph manuscript: 'Volume the First'

'Volume the First', holograph fair copies, completed 3 Jun 1793, of early works by Jane Austen, with a few corrections.A pencil note inside the front cover reads 'For my brother Charles', and an explanatory note by C.E.A. [Casandra Austen] is pasted below it.
Extents: 2 boxes
Dates: Completed 3 Jun 1793
Collection

The John Ryder Archive

Papers and correspondence of John Ryder (1917–2001), book designer, art director, and typographer.
Extents: 156.22 Linear metres (440 boxes)
Dates: Majority of material found within [1548]-2001; [1890]-2001
Single Item

'The Lambton Worm', libretto by Anne Ridler for opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson

'The Lambton Worm', libretto by Anne Ridler for opera by Robert Sherlaw Johnson.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. d. 210
Extents: 34 Leaves
Dates: 1976-1978
Single Item

Leaf from a sale catalogue of Maggs Bros., with a holograph note by Robert William Chapman to John Sparrow

Leaf from a sale catalogue of Maggs Bros., with a holograph note by Robert William Chapman to John Sparrow, 1944.
Shelfmark: MS. Don. c. 202, fol. 23
Extents: 1.0 leaf
Dates: 1944
Collection

Lectures, Essays, and Notes of D. Nichol Smith

Lectures, Essays, and Notes of D. Nichol Smith
Extents: 1.23 Linear metres (21 boxes)
Dates: 1895-1959
Single Item

Lectures on English literature by A. C. Bradley, given at Glasgow

Lectures on English literature by A. C. Bradley, given at Glasgow
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. misc. e. 860
Extents: 191 Leaves
Dates: c. 1895
Single Item

Letter from A.A. Milne to Elias Duek-Cohen

Letter from A.A. Milne to Elias Duek-Cohen, 1950.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 7065, fols. 108-109
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 1950
Single Item

Letter from Edmund Blunden to Jack Isaacs

Letter from Edmund Blunden to Jack Issacs, c.1920s.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fol. 86
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates: c.1920s
Single Item

Letter from Hugh Miller

Letter from Hugh Miller.
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. c. 17, fols. 10-11
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 24th May 1856
Single Item

Letter from Jane Austen to Martha Lloyd

Letter from Jane Austen to Martha Lloyd.
Shelfmark: MS. Facs. d. 92, fols. 47-48
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: 2 Sep 1814
Single Item

Letter from John Bayley to Colin Huggett

Letter from John Bayley to Colin Huggett.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fols. 77-78
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: Oct 1998
Single Item

Letter from John le Carré to Judge Jon O. Newman, with original letter of enquiry

Letter from John le Carré to Judge Jon O. Newman, with original letter of enquiry, 2011-2012.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 3-4
Extents: 2 Leaves
Dates: Dec 2011-Apr 2012
Single Item

Letter from Nicholas Garland to Leo de Freitas

Letter from Nicholas Garland to Leo de Freitas.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8394, fols. 55-57
Extents: 3 Leaves
Dates: 2004
Single Item

Letter from W.H. Auden to C. Day-Lewis

Letter from W.H. Auden to C. Day-Lewis, 1930.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8410, fol. 56
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 6 Oct 1930
Single Item

Letter of John Keble, 1855; letter of Ronald Knox, 1925

Letter of John Keble, 1855; letter of Ronald Knox, 1925.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 2720, fols. 70-73
Extents: 4 Leaves
Dates: 1855, 1925
Single Item

Letters and notes of C.C. Abbott

Letters and notes of C.C. Abbott, removed from a proof copy of The Sand Castles and other poems.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. b. 27, fols. 27-32.
Extents: 5 Leaves
Dates: 1945-1946
Collection

Letters and papers of Charles Williams

Correspondence of Charles Williams, author (1886-1945), with Phyllis M. Potter, and other literary papers.
Extents: 0.3 Linear metres (2 boxes)
Dates: 1936-1951
Collection

Letters and papers of Edmund Blunden and family

Letters and papers relating to the poet and university teacher Edmund Blunden and his first wife, Mary Blunden (née Daines, later Cooper Keeble).
Extents: 2.85 Linear metres (23 physical shelfmarks)
Dates: 1908-2004
Single Item

Letters from Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare

Letters from Edward Thomas to Walter de la Mare, 1906-1917.
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. lett. c. 376
Extents: 1 box
Dates: 1906-1917
Single Item

Letters from John Masefield to Beryl Jones

Letters from John Masefield to Beryl Jones
Shelfmark: Dep. c. 953
Extents: 56 Leaves
Dates: 1929-1961, n.d.