Drafts and fair copies of published and unpublished poems, translations, plays, essays and reviews
MS. Eng. poet. c. 81
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Title
Drafts and fair copies of published and unpublished poems, translations, plays, essays and reviews
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. c. 81
Summary
Including:
(fol. 1r) a fair copy in J.D. Beazley's hand of his poem 'Light at our ears…', [c.1908-1909], see Sherwood, p. 85
(fols. 10-12r) an amended autograph copy of 'A Sacred Dialogue', Dec 1912-[Dec 1914]; see Collected Poems
(fols. 20-26r) an amended autograph copy of an unpublished poem 'John William Smith a millionaire…', with a fair copy in Helle Flecker's hand, 1913; see Sherwood, p. 190
(fols. 27-37r) an autograph draft, with an incomplete copy in Helle Flecker's hand, [1914], of the posthumously published 'Ode to the glory of Greece', written on the versos of Turkish translations and (fol. 33v) a fragment of Hassan
(fols. 40-42r) autograph drafts and a copy of verses from Flecker's second version of 'God Save the King', with copies by Frank Savery and Helle Flecker, [1914]; see Clement Shorter's foreword to God Save the King (n.pl., [1915])
(fols. 48-50r) an amended, imperfect typescript of a short story 'The pathway to reality', [c.1905-1906], published as 'N' Jawk' in J.E. Flecker, Collected Prose (London, 1920)
(fols. 51-93r) an incomplete autograph translation of 'The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass' of Apuleius, begun in 1906; see Sherwood, pp. 62, 196
(fols. 104-109) autograph fragments of three unpublished plays, with (fols. 105-106r) drafts of dialogue from Don Juan
(fols. 111-113) an unrevised typescript of an essay 'Liberalism and Youth'
(fols. 114-118) a copy in Helle Flecker's hand of an essay on John Davidson, amended by Flecker
(fols. 119-134r) an autograph draft, with a copy in Helle Flecker's hand, of an essay on Paul Fort, [1913-1914]; see Sherwood, p. 213
(fols. 135-136) an amended copy in Helle Flecker's hand of an essay 'French Literary Taste of To Day', [1913]
(fols. 137-138) an autograph draft of a review of Georgian Poetry, [1913]
(fols. 139-144r) an autograph draft, with an amended copy in Helle Flecker's hand, of an unpublished essay 'Switzerland', [1913]; see Sherwood, p. 191
(fols. 145-148) autograph drafts of a letter about Greece, with (fol. 147r) a fragment of a translation of the Aeneid, Book VI, [1913-1914]
(fols. 149-164r) two incomplete copies in Helle Flecker's hand of an unpublished essay 'The Italian Attitude', amended by Flecker, [c. Aug 1914]
(fol. 165r) part of an amended autograph copy of an essay 'The philanthropists', [c. Aug 1914]
(fols. 166-169r) an autograph draft and incomplete copy in Helle Flecker's hand of an essay on Henri de Régnier [c. Nov 1914].
At fol. 124v there is a fragment of a translation from the Aeneid, Book VI; at fol. 128v a verse 'Cold ring the bells…' and at fol. 129v a note "Suggested Sketch for Ode on Greece". Fols. 149-169 are discussed in Sherwood, pp. 213 and 216.
Date
c.1905-1914
Language
English
Physical extent
169 Leaves
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Collection contents
Literary papers of James Elroy Flecker
Drafts and fair copies of published and unpublished poems, translations, plays, essays and reviews
