William Sharp papers, 1869-1904 (bulk 1889-1904).

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William Sharp papers, 1869-1904 (bulk 1889-1904).

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Consists of a small amount of correspondence, manuscripts, personal writings, and reviews that span a portion of William Sharp's literary career. Correspondence includes letters from Amelia Robertson Hill, concerning the bust she was making of Sharp, with notes concerning her work. Manuscripts contain excerpts, notes and fragments of Sharp's writings, some under the pen name, Fiona Macleod. Personal writings include 1893 diary of Elizabeth A. Sharp, his wife, describing travels in Africa. Reviews of Sharp's biographies of Heinrich Heine and Percy Bysse Shelley.

Originals : 2 boxes (.8 linear ft.)Diary, 1893, Travels in Africa 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 1646) and positive.Copy of box 1 except Diary, 1893; box 2, folder 5 "The House of Sand and Foam" : 1 microfilm reel : negative (BNEG Box 2508) and positive.

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Macleod, Fiona, 1855-1905

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Sharp, William, 1855-1905

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William Sharp was a noted English author, writing prolifically in every conceivable genre. After his death, it was surprisingly revealed that he was also "Fiona MacLeod," a popular mystical writer whose work became a keystone of the Celtic Renaissance. Sharp's themes of mysticism, alienation, symbolism, and spiritual exhaustion fuse mythology with modernism, anticipating the work of Eliot, Joyce, and D.H. Lawrence. From the description of William Sharp letters, 1889-1894. (Pennsylvan...

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Hill, Amelia Robertson Paton.

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Sharp, Elizabeth A. (Elizabeth Amelia), 1856-1932

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