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Literary manuscripts, rare printed works, and personal papers of a range of leading American and British literary figures, including rare and obscure literary texts and genres.

Literary manuscripts, rare printed works, & personal papers of a range of leading literary figures, as well as unique access to a goldmine of rare & obscure literary texts and genres. This collection provides students & scholars of British & American literature invaluable access to a rich seam of resources to support in-depth study in this field. Highlights include: Holograph copies & early editions of books by George Eliot, including several volumes of the seminal work of English literature Middlemarch; Autograph manuscript of The Ring and the Book & several early editions of Robert Browning's poetry; Personal papers, literary manuscripts & correspondence of Charlotte, Maria & Emily Brontë & the manuscripts & correspondence of Henry David Thoreau, including early draft versions & corrected proofs of Walden, or Life in the Woods.

AM scholar. Literary studies

Research source. Literary studies

Thoreau : Walden and other manuscripts of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) from the Huntington Library

Autobiographies from men of all ranks : sources from the British Library, London

Gothic fiction : rare printed work from the Sadleir-Black collection of Gothic fiction at the Alderman Library, University of Virginia

Nineteenth century literary manuscripts

Poetic commonplace books and manuscripts of Thomas Gray, 1716-1771, from Pembroke College, Cambridge

Diaries and papers of Elizabeth Inchbald from the Folger Shakespeare Library and the London Library

Gaskell and the Brontës : literary manuscripts of Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) and the Brontës from the Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

Hemans : the literary manuscripts of Felicia Hemans (1793-1835)

Irish women writers of the Romantic era : papers of Mary Tighe (1772-1810) and Lady Sydney Morgan (1776-1859) from the National Library of Ireland

Jewsbury : the collected writings of Geraldine Jewsbury (1812-1880)

Nineteenth century women writers : authors including Matilda Betham-Edwards, Florence Marryat, Helen Mathers, Charlotte Riddell, Dora Russell, Adeline Segeant and Emma Jane Worboise

Norton : the collected writings of Caroline Norton (1808-1877)

Oliphant. Series 1, The collected writings of Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897)

Oliphant. Series 2, The correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (1828-1897) from the National Library of Scotland

English poetry : recollections, conversations and commonplace books of the Reverend John Mitford (1781-1859) from the British Library, London.

English literature > Sources.

American literature > Sources.

English literature > Women authors > 19th century > Sources.

American literature > Women authors > 19th century > Sources.

Autobiographies.

Diaries.

Fiction.

Literature.

Manuscripts.