Letters and papers relating to G.M. Hopkins
MS. Bridges 62
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Letters and papers relating to G.M. Hopkins
Shelfmark
MS. Bridges 62
Summary
Including:
(fols. 1-30) listed miscellaneous manuscript material
(fols. 2-5) two letters from Bridges, 1867, 1881
(fols. 8-11) extracts from Hopkins's private diary, 1888
(fols. 18-26) letters to Bridges from members of the Hopkins family, 1890, 1918-20
(fols. 27-30) two letters to Bridges concerning Hopkins's letters to A.W.M. Baillie, n.d.
(fols. 31-4) partial lists by Bridges and Mrs. Bridges of the contents of `MS. A' and two drafts of poems in Bridges's hand
(fols. 35-89) letters to Bridges mainly relating to his 1918 edition of Hopkins's poems, with (fols. 73-84) typescript copies of letters from members of the Hopkins family, 1890-1920
(fols.90-5) photocopies of pages from The Letters of G.M. Hopkins to R. Bridges, ed. C.C. Abbott (OUP, 1935)
(fols. 96-135) The Irish Monthly, vol. XLVII, no.554, Aug. 1919, containing (fols. 120-3v) an article by the editor on `Father Gerard Hopkins, S.J., and his poetry'
(fols. 136-41) `G.M. Hopkins: A letter and drafts of early poems', by C.C. Abbott, published in the Durham University Journal, vol. XXXII, no.1 (Jan. 1940)
Date
1867-1929
Language
English
Physical extent
145 Leaves
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Collection contents
Archive of Robert Seymour Bridges
Anthologies and editions
Poems of Gerard Manley Hopkins, (McKay 117)
Letters and papers relating to G.M. Hopkins
