Working papers of Dame Helen Gardner relating to her edition ofThe divine poems of John Donne

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Eng. c. 6076-7
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1943-50, n.d.
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 2 shelfmarks

Scope and Content

Working papers of Dame Helen Gardner relating to her edition of The divine poems of John Donne, including:

  • letters from Herbert Grierson, 1943-50
  • a typescript essay, 'The Date, Order and Interpretation of the Holy Sonnets', [1946]
  • an amended typescript 'Commentary', annotated 'Version sent to Press & sent back to be cut', n.d.

Administrative / Biographical History

Dame Helen Gardner (1908-86) was an English scholar and critic. See Who Was Who for details.

Access Information

Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk).

Acquisition Information

Given to the Library by Dame Helen Gardner, through Robert Shackleton, n.d. [but before April 1980].

Note

Collection level description created by Susan Thomas, Department of Special Collections and Western Manuscripts.

Other Finding Aids

A description is available in the Library, where there is also a card index to unpublished catalogues.

Related Material

For photographs and photocopies of Donne manuscript material, see MS. Facs. c. 138.