Edward Dowden manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Pforz MS", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"19600", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Edward Dowden manuscript material"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1870's-1908", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1870/1908"}

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origination

{"value"=>"Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Edward Dowden, Irish literary scholar and poet. He wrote several literary biographies, the most substantial being The Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley (1886).</p>"}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Notes and commentary on Shelley's Esdaile notebook : (S'ANA 0395) : ca. 1886 : 78 leaves in ruled notebook. This notebook contains transcriptions of Shelley's Esdaile poems through \"The Voyage\" on the rectos -- the facing versos contain pencil and ink notes by Dowden relating to the text, composition of poems, influences, etc. Shelved as *Pforz (BT) Dowden 01.|||Holograph poem fragment, \"Windle-Straws,\" Section I : (MISC 3794) : 21 Jun 1880 : signed fair copy of 2 four-line stanzas ; begins, \"Under gray clouds some birds will dare to sing...\".|||Copy of letter and newsclipping relating to Harriet Shelley : [copy date ca. 1870's] : (MISC 0040) : including the 12 Dec 1816 notice in the Times reporting the discovery of Harriet's body; and the 13 Dec 1816 letter from Thomas Hookham, Jr. to Shelley, reporting his estranged wife's suicide. Both copies on printed memo stationery; the Hookham letter copy with the following note at the top of the first page: \"NB Please destroy this when read. E. Dowden.\".|||To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Jun 1908 : (S'ANA 0950) : replying to a letter from Forman (HBF 0031) enquiring into the source of the text used by Dowden in printing Shelley's letter to Mary on Harriet's drowning.|||To F. J. Furnivall, textual scholar and editor : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Apr 1888 : (S'ANA 0012) : discussion of biographical information relating to Shelley, Godwin, etc.|||To Richard Garnett, librarian and author : 2 autograph letters signed : ca. Aug 1885 : (S'ANA 0401-0402) : relating to Shelley scholarship.|||To a Dr. Murray : 1 autograph letter : 19 Oct 1887 : (S'ANA 0745) : begins, \"There is _no_ chance of seeing the original of Shelley's letter ...\".|||To Arabella Shore, poet and writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 25 Oct 1887 : (S'ANA 0559) : commenting on her work and thanking her for her article in the Gentleman's Magazine (on Shelley's Julian & Maddalo). With a printed prospectus for her First and Last Poems.</p>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Notes and commentary on Shelley's Esdaile notebook : (S'ANA 0395) : ca. 1886 : 78 leaves in ruled notebook. This notebook contains transcriptions of Shelley's Esdaile poems through \"The Voyage\" on the rectos -- the facing versos contain pencil and ink notes by Dowden relating to the text, composition of poems, influences, etc. Shelved as *Pforz (BT) Dowden 01."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"Edward Dowden manuscript material : 9 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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1870

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1908

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1870

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9 items

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1870

date_end

1908

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