Bestanddeel 551 - Letters from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson

Identificatie

referentie code

Add. MS a/551

Titel

Letters from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson

Datum(s)

  • 1926-1936 (Vervaardig)

Beschrijvingsniveau

Bestanddeel

Omvang en medium

59 items

Context

Geschiedenis van het archief

A. E. Housman, a Fellow of Trinity from 1910, was a renowned classical scholar and poet, best-known for his cycle of poems A Shropshire Lad, published in 1896. Gerald Christopher Arden Jackson (1900–1978), Housman’s godson, was the youngest son of hisread more

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

The collection contains fifty-three letters and postcards from A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson, with a contemporary transcript of one of them, photographs of four others, and some related verses.

Ordeningstelsel

The items are arranged in a single chronological sequence. Photocopies of letters are arranged under the dates of the originals. 59, which contains verses written by Housman at an unknown date, is arranged under the date of the accompanying note, whichread more

Verwante materialen

Notitie Publicaties

Bibliography

David Butterfield, ‘“Your affectionate but inefficient godfather”: the letters of A. E. Housman to G. C. A. Jackson’, Housman Society Journal, xlii (2016), 89–101

Linda Hart, ‘A. E. Housman’s letters to Gerald Jackson’, Housman Societyread more

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