Two signed manuscript sonnets by Christopher Brennan from the Secreta silvarum sequence, no date, between 1897 and 1913, published in Poems, 1913

MLMSS 7889

fonds

no date, between 1897 and 1913

861551

0.01 metres of textual material (1 folder) - manuscript

Sydney-born poet and scholar, Christopher Brennan, published three volumes of poetry between 1897 and 1918. His interest in esoteric and mystical thinking from the poetry of Mallarmé and the European Symbolists peaked between 1897 and the publication of his book, Poems, in 1913.

References:
Library correspondence file
The higher self in Christopher Brennan's poems : esotericism, romanticism, symbolism / by Katherine Barnes. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006

Two handwritten sonnets on separate pages from the Secreta silvarum sequence, being an introduction to 'The Quest of Silence', a subsection of 'The Forest of the Night', the second section in Poems (1913)

Signed 'Chris: Brennan' at the end of the second sonnet following a note by him certifying 'these sonnets are from my hand & contain the right number of lines, words, syllables, letters, caps & points.'