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English literature | 20th century

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS

Found in 25 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Professor John Everett Butt

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-76
Scope and Contents

The Papers of Professor John Everett Butt consist of notes for lectures on English literature at the Universities of Leeds, London, Newcastle and Edinburgh.

Dates: 1929-1965
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Professor William Lindsay Renwick

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-80
Scope and Contents

The papers of Professor Renwick consist largely of material on Edmund Spenser. More specifically there are notes on sources forA view of the present state of Ireland, and forThe Shepheards calendar, as well as collations of textual and bibliographical variants ofThe Faerie Queen. There is a draft essay onThe Faerie Queen; a typescript of a lecture; short notes mostly relating to Spenser; and, miscellaneous correspondence and papers mostly on Scholartis Press editions.

Dates: 1930s-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers relating to the Literary Journal 'Two Rivers'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1082
Scope and Contents

The collections is composed of: autograph manuscripts; typed manuscripts; signed autograph letters and signed typed letters; and autograph post cards. There are also contents lists and corrected galley proofs. The collection includes letters of congratulation on the publication of the journal, and letters from Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Robert Nye papers

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-54
Scope and Contents The collection includes, largely: working notes; drafts; typescripts; correspondence; source material; and, publishing house material. The collection, received at various points since the 1990s, is formed by the following components: MSS 2881-2916 (35 archive boxes), containing material relating to: Merlin - working notes, drafts, typescript, copies of source...
Dates: 1969-2005
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Three notebooks and two letters of John Middleton Murry

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2097
Content Description This fonds consists of three notebooks and two letters written by John Middleton Murray.The first notebook contains texts written between 1915 and 1917, including an autobiographical essay and the first part of John Middleton Murry's verse drama 'Cinnamon and Angelica'. The second notebook contains the remainder of 'Cinnamon and Angelica', dated 3-24 December 1917. The third notebook contains notes on French and English literature and two journal entries, dated 19 April 1921 and...
Dates: 1915-1923; 1938-1939
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections