English literature
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Bound manuscript copy of Julian of Norwich’s Divine Revelations printed in 1670 by Cressy
Fonds
Identifier: MS CRE
Scope and Contents
Manuscript copy of Julian of Norwich's 'Revelations of divine love', copied from the 1670 edition published by Serenus de Cressy.Title page reads:
'XVI Revelations of Divine Love, Shewed to a Devout Servant of our Lord, called Mother Juliana, an Achorite of Norwich. Who lived in the days of King Edward the Third. Published by R.f.S. Cressy. Accedite ad Deum [and] Illuminamini. Psal.33.v.5. Printed in the Year MDCLXX [1670]. Permissu Superiorum'Volume is a quarto with...
Dates:
1670
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections
Collection of James O. Halliwell-Phillipps
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-103
Scope and Contents
The Halliwell-Phillipps Collection includes 16th-century works by Italian, French and Spanish authors. Its strength lies in English books however, especially English drama of the 17th and 18th centuries. The Collection also includes more than 600 plays including works by Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, George Chapman, Thomas Middleton, John Webster, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, and William Wycherley. Several are playhouse copies with contemporary stage directions added in manuscript....
Dates:
16th century-19th century
Lecture notes on English literature and English Language, taken down by Janet H. Kirkwood
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2952
Scope and Contents
5 volumes of notes on lectures on English literature and English language, taken down by Janet H. Caird. Further item detail below:
Coll-2952/1
Shakespeare, taught by Professor Grierson.
Coll-2952/2
17th Century literature, taught by Professor Grierson. With additional page of notes laid in.
Coll-2952/3
English Language, taught by Angus MacDonald. Volume 1. With additional pages of notes laid in.
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Dates:
1934-1935
Lecture notes on English literature and language, taken down by Marie Wilson Stuart
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2950
Scope and Contents
8 notebooks with lecture notes relating to English literature, language and dramatic performance, taken down by Marie Wilson Stuart. The first 7 volumes date from 1916-1919 when Stuart was a full time student at the University of Edinburgh, and the final volume is from a period of later study in the 1940s. See further detail below:
Coll-2950/1
English, 1916-1917. Professor Herbert Grierson. Printed reading list pasted to front board.
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Dates:
1916-1919; 1943-1944
Lecture notes on English Literature given by David M. Masson, taken down by an unknown student
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2949
Scope and Contents
Volume of lecture notes in a clear hand. Text predominantly on verso pages, with recto sides used for occasional notes. Occasional clippings pasted in, mostly printed quotations from literary texts.
Dates:
1878-1879
Lecture notes on English Literature given by Professor Herbert Grierson, taken down by Margaret Low and David Macrae Aitken
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2951
Scope and Contents
Fair copy of notes on lectures given by Herbert Grierson on English Literature, first taken down by Margaret Low. 77 lectures spanning October 1925-June 1926.A donation letter [22 January 1986] laid into volume 1 informs the then University Librarian, Brenda Moon, of the complex process behind creating these fair copies. The notes were written by Rev. David Macrae Aitken on behalf of his son, James Macrae Aitken. James was a Classics student at the University of Edinburgh in...
Dates:
1925-1926; Event: 20 January 1986
Lecture Notes, Rhetoric and English Literature, 1878-1879
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1125
Scope and Contents
On a title page of one of the two volumes the contents are stated as being notes of Edinburgh University, Rhetoric and English Literature 1878-1879, Historical Course, Wednesdays and Thursdays. The name of James Malloch appears there too. Similar information appears on a title page of the second volume. These contents are stated as being notes of Edinburgh University, Rhetoric and English Literature 1878-1879, Theoretical Course, Mondays and Tuesdays. This volume shows the name, James...
Dates:
1878-1879
Letters from Professor George Saintsbury to Rev. William Hunt
Fonds — Box CLX-A-1692
Identifier: Coll-2020
Content Description
This collection consists of typescript letters sent by Professor George Saintsbury to Rev. William Hunt D Litt., arranged in chronological order, dating from 1895 to 1932. The subjects of these letters are diverse, from family and personal matters, to literature and political discussions.
First lot: "Letters Christmas Eve 1895 to Dec. 1917. Autograph letters and typescript copies of these letters have...
Dates:
1895-1932
Notes on lectures on Rhetoric and English literature given by David Masson, taken down by George Lumsden
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2264
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures given by David Masson on Rhetoric and English Literature, taken down by George Lumsden. 1881-1882. 4 vols.
Dates:
1881-1882
Notes on lectures on Rhetoric and English literature given by David Masson, taken down by Penelope Gordon Watson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2948
Scope and Contents
Notes on lectures given by David Masson on Rhetoric and English Literature, taken down by Penelope Gordon Watson. Includes printed reading list, and history of English literature.
Volume one has letter of donation pasted in, dated 31 December 1970. Volume two includes insert of privately printed reading list bound in, and a loose notecard from a previous reader at University College Oxford. They are condemnatory of Masson's syllabus, writing "how sorry I feel for C18 Scottish...
Dates:
1887-1888; 31 December 1970