Manuscripts of essays, articles, and two poems
MS. 12211/58
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Manuscripts of essays, articles, and two poems
Shelfmark
MS. 12211/58
Summary
In folder 1 there is a handwritten index of the contents of this box. Comprises manuscript drafts of the following pieces:
(folder 1) Comprises:
'Epitaph on George Moore', n.d.
The preface to Samuel Courtauld's Papers, summer 1948
'The Death of Words', 1945
A poem titled 'The Tinker's Bride', n.d.
'England In Prison', 7 Jul 1946
'The Prospect of the Novel', n.d.
A poem titled 'A Moment in Childhood', n.d.
An untitled speech delivered by [John] Gielgud, Theatre Royal Haymarket, 1934
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Hommage à Valery', May 1945
An article for Menander's Mirror, titled 'This Spring: Letters to a Future Historian', 7 Jul 1944
(folder 2) Comprises:
Preface to 'Fontaine', with an attached letter addressed to Aniré Gide, Nov 1943
A copy labelled 'original MSS.' of 'Creative Imagination', 25 Nov 1936
'The Plays of Robert Bridges', c.1920s
'Literature and the Sea', 1950
'The Word Academic', 1950
'Introduction to Tâches D'Encore', 1949
'The Independence of Writers', 1948, 1949
Two drafts of 'Turgenev's First Love', 1947
Date
c.1920s-1950, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of Charles Langbridge Morgan and Hilda Vaughan
Papers of Charles Morgan
Literary papers
Essays, articles, poems and short stories
Manuscripts of essays, articles, and two poems
