A Preliminary Inventory of His Papers at the Harry Ransom
Humanities Research Center
Creator:
Dobrée, Bonamy, 1891-1974
Title:
Bonamy Dobrée
Papers
Dates:
1928-1969 (bulk 1959-1969)
Extent:
3 boxes (1.26 linear feet)
Abstract:
This collection
contains typescript drafts of Dobrée's full-length published works
Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist
and
English Literature in the Early Eighteenth
Century as well as prefaces and introductions to other works,
contributions to anthologies and encyclopedias, literary articles, book
reviews, and correspondence sent to Allanah Harper.
The papers of Bonamy Dobrée consist of
typescript drafts of two full-length published works, prefaces and
introductions to other works, contributions to anthologies and encyclopedias,
literary articles, and book reviews. There are also four pieces of
correspondence sent to Allanah Harper between 1928 and 1931.
The two full-length works represented are
Rudyard Kipling: Realist and Fabulist
(1967) and
English Literature in the Early Eighteenth
Century (1959). Among the prefaces and introductions are those for a
new edition of
The Lamp and the Lute (1963) and
Three Eighteenth Century Figures: Sarah Churchill,
John Wesley, and Giacomo Casanova (1962). The contributions include an
article on George Meredith for
The Encyclopedia Britannica; an essay on
Jonathan Swift entitled
"The Jocose Dean" contributed to
Fair Liberty Was All His Cry: A Tercentenary
Tribute to Jonathan Swift; and an essay on Robert Smith Surtees
published in
Imagined Worlds: Essays on Some English Novels and
Novelists in Honor of John Butt.
Articles on various literary
topics include
"T.S. Eliot: A Personal Reminiscence";
"English Literature 1866-1966"; Sir
John Vanbrugh; Jonathan Swift; and William Shakespeare. The book reviews were
written primarily for the
Yorkshire Post,
The Times Literary Supplement, and
The Times Educational Supplement. The
books reviewed are on a variety of subjects including Rudyard Kipling, Ezra
Pound, William Shakespeare, John Donne, and Jonathan Swift.
Bonamy Dobrée Papers--Folder List
Correspondence to Allanah Harper,
1928-1931
Box 1 Folder 1
English Literature in the Early Eighteenth
Century (1959), partial typescript
