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Add MS 37210
- Record Id:
- 032-002055787
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002055787
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000039.0x000141
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- Add MS 37210
- Title:
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POEMS and translations by James Henry Leigh Hunt, with letters addressed to him by Thomas Moore, the poet, and one by Thomas Carlyle. Holograph.
1. " The Feast of the Violets," printed, with slight alterations, in The Monthly Repository, 1837, p. 33. f. 1.
2. " The Story of Rimini " (originally published in 1816): printed text from the 1832 edition of Leigh Hunt's Poetical Works, with ,extensive changes in MS. (amounting to rewriting, with a different conclusion to the story), as made for the edition of 1844. The original story was restored in one of the later editions (Stories in Verse, 1855), but was finally abandoned, although part of it reappeared as a distinct fragment, " Corso and Emilia " (Poetical Works, 1860, p. 33). f. 50.
3. Translations, viz. (a) " Thiebault, King of Navarre, to his Love," a French poem in fourteen lines beg. " Las si j'avois pouvoir d'oublier," with translation beg. " Ah! could I but forget." The water-mark is 1819. f. 116 b;-(b) Episode of Cloridan,Medoro and Angelica, extracted from Ariosto's " Orlando Furioso " and printed, with a different introduction and other changes, in The Liberal, 1822, p. 139. f. 120.
4. Thirteen letters of Thomas Moore to Leigh Hunt; 2 Sept. 1811- 20 Aug. 1821. The signatures of seven of the letters are cut out. f. 153.
5. Pencil-note from T[homas] C[arlyle] to Leigh Hunt about a proposed visit to Baron Alzdorf ; n. d. f. 180. Paper; ff. 180. Folio.
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James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Poems and translations: early 19th cent.: Hologr.
includes:
- f. 116 b Poetry: "Thiebault, king of Navarre, to his love," French, with translation by Leigh Hunt: 19th cent.
- f. 120 Ludovico Ariosto: Episode from Orlando Furioso, translated by Leigh Hunt: 19th cent.
- f. 153 Thomas Moore, poet: Letters to J. H. Leigh Hunt: 1811-1821.
- ff. 153-179 James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Letters to, from T. Moore: 1811-1821.
- f. 180 James Henry Leigh Hunt, essayist and poet: Letter to, from T. Carlyle: n.d.
- f. 180 Thomas Carlyle, historian; d.1881: Letter to J. H. Leigh Hunt: n.d.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
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- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002055787
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002055787
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- Early 19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Material Type:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Ariosto, Ludovico, poet, 1474-1533,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121385817
Carlyle, Thomas, historian, d1881
Hunt, James Henry Leigh, essayist and poet, 1784-1859
Moore, Thomas, poet, 1779-1852