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Ashley MS A2518
- Record Id:
- 040-001979241
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x000130
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS A2518
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Psyche Apocalypte': a projected lyrical drama by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and R. H. Horne; [1841]. Synopsis of Act III in the hand of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, written on both sides of one octavo leaf of cream wove paper, and on one side only of another, conjoined, leaf. No watermark. The first leaf is numbered '9', and headed 'No. 1' and 'Act III' in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's hand. The synopsis contains a few revisions and extensive deletions, together with various questions and comments addressed by Elizabeth Barrett Browning to R. H. Horne. For an account by R. H. Horne of the collaboration see the St. James's Magazine and United Empire Review for Feb. 1876. The synopsis of Acts I and II, together with other related material, is in the Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University. The present MS. is printed in Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Hitherto Unpublished Poems and Stories, 1914, vol. II.
Accompanying the MS. is a letter with envelope (f. 12) from Miss Barrett to Horne, 7 Aug. 1843, concerning their collaboration, and mentioning among other matters the publication of her 'The Cry of the Children' in Blackwood's Magazine. Printed in Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning addressed to R. H. Horne, 1877, vol. i, pp. 79-81. ff. 10-12. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, pp. 102-103.
includes:
- ff. 8-9 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet: Hengist Horne, or Richard Henry; author: Projected lyrical drama, 'Psyche Apocalypte', by Elizabeth Barrett Browning in collaboration with Richard Henry Horne: [1841]: Autogr. synopsis of Act III.
- ff. 10-12 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet: Hengist Horne, or Richard Henry; author: Letter to Richard Henry Horne from Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1843.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001979241 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS A2518 : 'Psyche Apocalypte': a projected lyrical drama by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and R. H. Horne; [1841]. Synopsis of Act III… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0600]/040-001979241
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1841
- End Date:
- 1841
- Date Range:
- [1841]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Former Internal References:
- Vol. A VII, ff. 8-12.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, poet, 1806-1861
Horne, Hengist, Richard Henry or author