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Add MS 89682
- Record Id:
- 032-004534505
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004534505
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100181057396.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89682
- Title:
- Nigel Dennis Archive
- Scope & Content:
-
Archive of novelist, playwright and literary critic Nigel Dennis (b. 1912, d. 1989) covering his literary and creative life from the 1930s to 1981, including manuscript and typescript drafts of his published and unpublished works, his notebooks, correspondence and other printed material regarding his works.
Nigel Dennis was best known as the author of Cards of Identity (1955), a satirical novel about identity, psychology and class identity. He had three plays staged at the Royal Court Theatre, and was a prolific book reviewer and theatre critic who contributed reviews to a number of magazines and journals including twenty years' worth of book reviews for the Sunday Telegraph. He was co-editor of Encounter magazine from 1963-1970.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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{"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537611", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/6: Cards of Identity" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537612", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/7: Cards of Identity" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537613", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/8: A House in Order" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537614", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/9: The Bagshot Commission" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537615", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/10: Michael Slatter" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537616", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/11: Michael Slatter" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537617", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/12: Notes of an Untitled Novel, Featuring Characters Mr Morgan and Mr Divver" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537618", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/13: Third Draft of an Untitled Novel, Featuring Characters Mr Morgan and Mr Divver" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537619", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/14: Fourth Draft of an Untitled Novel, Featuring Characters Mr Morgan and Mr Divver" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537620", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/15: Drafts of an Untitled Novel, Featuring Characters Mr Selby and Beaufort" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537621", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/16: Other Short Stories" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537622", "parent" : "037-004537598", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/17: Other Short Stories" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-004537599", "parent" : "036-004534506", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/18-26: Plays and Playlets" },{ "id" : "040-004537623", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/18: Playlets: Senses Series" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537624", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/19: The Making of Moo" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537625", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/20: The Making of Moo" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537626", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/21: Two Plays and a Preface" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537627", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/22: August for the People" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537628", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/23: August for the People" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537629", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/24: A Credit to the Country" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537630", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/25: Plays Written for Radio and Television" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537631", "parent" : "037-004537599", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/26: Other Plays" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-004537600", "parent" : "036-004534506", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/27-28: Poetry" },{ "id" : "040-004537632", "parent" : "037-004537600", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/27: Exotics: Poems of the Mediterranean and Middle East" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537633", "parent" : "037-004537600", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/28: Other Poems" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-004537601", "parent" : "036-004534506", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/29-43: Book Reviews" },{ "id" : "040-004537634", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/29: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537635", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/30: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537636", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/31: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537637", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/32: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537638", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/33: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537639", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/34: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537640", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/35: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537641", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/36: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537642", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/37: Book Reviews" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537643", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/38: Published Reviews in The New York Review of Books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537644", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/39: Published Reviews in The New York Review of Books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537645", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/40: Published Reviews in The New York Review of Books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537646", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/41: Published Reviews in The New York Review of Books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537647", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/42: Published Reviews in The New York Review of Books" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537648", "parent" : "037-004537601", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/43: Published Reviews in the Sunday Telegraph" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-004537602", "parent" : "036-004534506", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/44-49: Essays" },{ "id" : "040-004537649", "parent" : "037-004537602", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/44: Drafts of Literary Criticism" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537650", "parent" : "037-004537602", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/45: Drafts of Literary Criticism" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537651", "parent" : "037-004537602", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/47: Dramatic Essays" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537652", "parent" : "037-004537602", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/48: Jonathan Swift: A Short Character" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537653", "parent" : "037-004537602", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/49: An Essay on Malta" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-004537603", "parent" : "036-004534506", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/50-53: Edited Works" },{ "id" : "040-004537655", "parent" : "037-004537603", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/50: Biography" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537656", "parent" : "037-004537603", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/51: Thesis on Nigel Dennis's Works" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537657", "parent" : "037-004537603", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/52: Letters of a Reluctant Soldier" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537658", "parent" : "037-004537603", "text" : "Add MS 89682/1/53: Letters of a Reluctant Soldier" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004537604", "parent" : "032-004534505", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2: Nigel Dennis Personal Papers" },{ "id" : "040-004537659", "parent" : "036-004537604", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2/1: Nigel Dennis Correspondence" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537660", "parent" : "036-004537604", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2/2: Nigel Dennis Diary" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537663", "parent" : "036-004537604", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2/3: Nigel Dennis Notebooks" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537661", "parent" : "036-004537604", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2/4: Personal Papers of Nigel Dennis" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537662", "parent" : "036-004537604", "text" : "Add MS 89682/2/5: Engagement with the New York Society of Individual Psychology" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-004537605", "parent" : "032-004534505", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3: Printed Material Regarding Nigel Dennis’s Works" },{ "id" : "040-004537664", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/1: Reviews of Nigel Dennis’s Works" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537665", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/2: Theatre Programmes and Playbills" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537666", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/3: Posters" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004537667", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/4: Photographs" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541087", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/5: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541088", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/6: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541089", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/7: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541090", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/8: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541091", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/9: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541092", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/10: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-004541093", "parent" : "036-004537605", "text" : "Add MS 89682/3/11: Encounter Magazine" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004534505
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Contains:
- Add MS 89682/1 : Works by Nigel Dennis
Add MS 89682/2 : Nigel Dennis Personal Papers
Add MS 89682/3 : Printed Material Regarding Nigel Dennis’s Works
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- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 62 Files
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1920
- End Date:
- 1989
- Date Range:
- [1920s-1980s]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Deposit 11032
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired directly from the Estate of Nigel Dennis in 2017
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Dennis, Nigel, writer, playwright and critic, 1912-1989