Five signed letters from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson relating to a planned Oxford History of English Literature

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-1873
• Dates of Creation:25 December 1937-14 May 1939
• Name of Creator:
  Dobrée, Bonamy, 1891-1974 (Professor of English Literature, University of Leeds)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 folder

• Scope and Content

  Three autograph and two typed letters signed, nine pages in total, written in Leeds from 25 December 1937 to 14 May 1939. Sent from Bonamy Dobrée to Sir Herbert Grierson, suggesting a commission for a collaboration with Edmund Blunden to produce a volume on the late 18th century for a planned Oxford History of English Literature and subsequently discussing aspects of its progress.

• Access Information

  Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

• Acquisition Information

  Purchased in May 2018. Accession no SC-Acc-2018-0116.

• Archivist's Note

  Catalogued by Aline Brodin in January 2019.

• Subjects

  English literature |

• Personal Names

  Grierson, Herbert John Clifford, 1866-1960 (literary critic and professor of English Literature)

  Blunden, Edmund Charles, 1896-1974 (English poet, author and critic)

• Genre/Form

  Correspondence