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Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930

 Person

Biography

Alastair Fowler FBA was Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature at Edinburgh University, 1972-1984, and is now Emeritus Professor. He has also taught at the University of Virginia, and at several other universities. He has published and lectured extensively on a wide range of literary topics, and is a published poet.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Literary and academic correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Alastair Fowler.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10093/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of scholarly publications and poetry of Alastair Fowler, and correspondence reflecting his service on editorial and advisory boards as well as his friendship with literary personalities.

Dates: 1955-1989, undated.

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

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Correspondence. 1
Letters. Correspondence. 1
Photocopies. 1
Poetry. 1