Frederic Manning papers, 1909-1968

MLMSS 2594

fonds

1909-1968

422660

Microfilm : 'The Middle Parts of Fortune', 1929).
Microfilm : Literary manuscripts, 1910-1935).
Microfilm : Correspondence & other papers, 1909-1968).

0.16 metres of textual material (2 volumes and 1 box)

F. Manning, 1882-1935, author, born in Sydney, went to England when fifteen and lived there thereafter

2 volumes and 1 box of textual material

(I.) Literary manuscripts, 1910-1935; 'The Middle Parts of Fortune (Somme & Ancre, 1916)'. Published 1929; Manuscript (Vol. ML MSS. 2594/1: CY 555).

Prefatory note; 'The Gilded Coach', c. 1910-1935. Unfinished novel. MS. and typescript; various poems from volume of verse entitled Poems, 1910. MS. and typescript and including additional poem, Hylas; 'Poetry in Proso'. Article published in The Chapbook, Apr. 1921. Typescript; 'A French Criticism of Newman', c.1925. From The New Criterion. Typescript; outline of play set during English/French war. MS; Fragment of play re ghosts and Sir John Falstaff. Carbon typescript; 'Virtu'. Aphorisms. MS.; Fragment of prose re man and God. MS. (Box ML MSS. 2594/2: CY 3216).

(II.) Correspondence, 1911-1968; mainly re works of Frederic Manning and including one letter by him and two received by him. Correspondents include T.S. Eliot, Alister Kershaw and T.E. Shaw i.e. T.E. Lawrence.

(III.) Newspaper cuttings, 1909-1964; mainly re works of Frederic Manning. (IV.) Miscellanea, 1909-1964 (Vol. ML MSS. 2594/3: CY 3216).

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (8-542C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011

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fiction