W. Courthope Forman manuscript material : 5 items, ca. early 20th century

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W. Courthope Forman manuscript material : 5 items, ca. early 20th century

· Typescript essay signed, "Shelley's Two Wives" : [no date] : (S'ANA 0188a.1) : 7 leaves with holograph emendations. · Holograph note on Trelawny's view of Shelley's wives : [no date] : (S'ANA 0188a.2) : 1 p., with an excerpt from a 3 Apr 1870 letter from Trelawny to Claire Clairmont. · Holograph note introducing two letters on Browning's thoughts of Shelley : [no date] : (S'ANA 0188b) : 1 p. ; along with two typecript copies of A. C. Swinburne letters to W. M. Rossetti, discussing "what Robert Browning thought of Shelley's desertion of Harriet." The typecripts have a few manuscript emendations, likely in Forman's hand. · Holograph account signed, "Harriet Shelley's Last Letter" : [no date] : (S'ANA 0188e) : 1 p. ; begins, "The story of the re-appearance of Harriet's last letter is a rather curious one." Along with 2 letters from Forman's wife Elizabeth to Carl H. Pforzheimer (S'ANA 0188f.1-2), listing the contents of the packet of her husband's papers, representing the entirety of (S'ANA 0188). Two parts of the packet have been removed: a 1921 letter to W. C. Forman from J. C. Shelley-Rolls (S'ANA 0188c), now filed under Shelley-Rolls ; and 6 Shelley-related illustrations, now filed as visual materials. · To Maurice Buxton Forman, literary editor, his nephew : 1 autograph letter signed : 8 Aug 1927 : (S'ANA 0222) :

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SNAC Resource ID: 7086411

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Forman, W. Courthope,

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William Courthope Forman, literary scholar. He was the youngest brother of bibliographer and forger Harry Buxton Forman. From the description of W. Courthope Forman manuscript material : 5 items, ca. early 20th century (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 228508900 ...

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (b. 30 August 1797, Somers Town, London-d. 1 February 1851, London, England) was an English novelist, best known as the author of Frankenstein. She also wrote short-stories, poetry, biographies, journal articles, reviews, and edited the works of her husband, Percy Bysshe Shelley....

Shelley, Harriet Westbrook, -1816

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Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Forman, Maurice Buxton.

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Maurice Buxton Forman was a bibliographer and editor. Although he was interested in several literary figures during his lifetime, Forman is most often remembered in light of his work on George Meredith and John Keats. From the description of Papers of Maurice Buxton Forman, 1898-1942. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122386415 Epithet: bibliographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...