Unpublished typescript, heavily corrected and with numerous manuscript additions, on ‘The growth of English literature' which John Dover Wilson used as a basis for his First Ordinary English Literature lectures at Edinburgh University., 1909-1910, [1935-1937].
Scope and Contents
The original typescript dates from 1909-1910 when Dover Wilson was lecturer in English at Goldsmith's College and was drafted for a proposed publication by Cambridge University Press on the history of English literature, The corrections and additions to the typescript were made in the course of his first two or three years at Edinburgh University.
Dates
- Creation: 1909-1910, [1935-1937].
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
2 Volumes ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
421 folios.
The foliation is divided between two volumes:
(1) Folios 1-200;
(2) Folios 201-421.
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Repository Details
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