British Literary Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library Series Two: The English Renaissance, c. 1500-c. 1700
- Location: McKeldin Library Periodicals/Microform Room
Call Number: Microfilm PR1120.B75 1984 - 35 Reels
Description
This collection of manuscripts from the English Renaissance from 1500-1700 includes verse, drama, creative prose, letters, sermons, and commonplace books. The aim of the collection is to represent the literature of the whole period rather than concentrating solely on major writers. Authors represented include, among others, Sir Francis Bacon, Edmund Spenser, Roger Ascham, John Milton, Samuel Pepys, Richard Crashaw, Sir Walter Raleigh, Sir Kenelm Digby, Sir John Harington, William Dunbar, Richard Maitland, Francis Beaumont and Sir Philip Sydney.
Index/Guide(the following sources provide more detailed information about the contents of each microfilm reel in the collection):
British Literary Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library Series Two: The English Renaissance, c. 1500-c. 1700. McKeldin Reference Stacks PR1120.B75 1984 Guide v. 2 This guide includes a brief list of the contents within each reel as well as full descriptive entries of the manuscripts.
- MCK REF PR1120.B75 1984
- British Literary Manuscripts
