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Total number of records: 47

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Brotherton Collection47
English Literature47

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French Lyrics

1919

Undated autograph manuscripts of Swinburne’s ‘French Lyrics’, together with a printed copy of the first edition published in 1919, a small portrait photograph of the author, and a lock of his ha...

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The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei

1837-1909

Carbon copy of a typescript transcription of Swinburne’s long story ‘The Chronicle of Tebaldeo Tebaldei’, undated. 1 vol. (71 ff.), with a few blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The story ...

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The Ballad of Bulgarie

1876-1877

Manuscript transcription by Edmund Gosse of Swinburne’s poem ‘The Ballad of Bulgarie’, written in December 1876, and transcribed in May 1877, together with a typewritten transcription. 1 vol. (7...

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Victor Hugo: Theatre en Liberte

1837-1909

Undated autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s essay ‘Victor Hugo: Theatre en Liberte’. This essay was published in ‘Studies in Prose and Poetry’; in it Swinburne describes Victor Hugo as the g...

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By the Sea-side

1860

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne’s poem ‘By the Sea-side’, written in 1860 in Northumberland, together with a typewritten transcription. 1 vol. (11 ff.), but with many blank leaves; manuscript ...

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Six Years Old

1880

Autograph manuscript of Swinburne's poem 'Six Years Old', with contemporary revisions, the dedication 'To K.W.M.', and the date of composition, 'Sept. 30, 1880'. 1 vol. (2 ff.), but with many blank le...

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Villon

1837-1909

Undated typescript transcription of Swinburne’s poem ‘Villon’. 1 vol. (4 ff.), with many blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The poem is typed on to 3 ff. of white paper and bound in a quar...

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The Nightingale

1837-1909

Undated typescript transcription of Swinburne’s poem ‘The Nightingale’. 1 vol. (6 ff.), with some blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The transcription is typed on to 5 ff. of white paper a...

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The Statue of John Brute

1837-1909

Typescript transcription of Swinburne’s prose story ‘The Statue of John Brute’, undated. 1 vol. (3 ff.), with many blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The story is typed on to 2 ff. of whit...

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On the Duties of an University Towards the Nation

1837-1909

Carbon copy of a typed transcription of Swinburne’s prose essay ‘On the Duties of an University Towards the Nation’, undated, but signed ‘R.S.’ 1 vol. (5 ff.), with many blank leaves; manusc...

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Notes on Rossetti’s Works

1886

Typescript transcription of Swinburne’s prose ‘Notes on Rossetti’s Works’, dated ‘Nov. 27. 86’. 1 vol. (3 ff.), but with many blank leaves; manuscript and typescript. The notes are typed o...

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Verses to Robert Browning

1837-1909

Undated typescript transcriptions of one English and two French poems written by Swinburne for Robert Browning, with manuscript dedications in Swinburne’s hand to Browning at the beginning of each p...

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