Collection Level Description: Works of Lascelles Abercrombie
Reference: MSS. Don. c. 51, d. 18, d. 47-8, d. 59
Title: Works of Lascelles Abercrombie
Dates of Creation: 1911-14
Extent: 5 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English
Administrative/Biographical History
Lascelles Abercrombie (1881-1938) was a poet and critic. Details are given in the Dictionary of
National Biography.
Scope and Content
Works of Lascelles Abercrombie, consisting of:
- 'The sale of St. Thomas', as published, Dymock, 1911
- 'The staircase' with many corrections, as printed in New Numbers, i, no. 4 (Dec. 1914)
- 'The Olympians' as printed in New Numbers, i, no. 1 (Feb. 1914)
- Unfinished draft of a play
- 'Deborah', draft, much corrected, differing from the published version of 1913
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was given to the Library through the Friends of the Bodleian, 1930-9.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 38834-8.
Access Points
Poetry | 20th century
Abercrombie | Lascelles | 1881-1938 | Poet and Critic
Enquiries
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09 June 2011