Earl Reeves Wasserman papers, 1938-1973.

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Earl Reeves Wasserman papers, 1938-1973.

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Collection consists of literary papers (1938-1973) of Johns Hopkins University professor and author, Earl Reeves Wasserman. The lecture notes relate to the romantic poets including Keats and Shelley and the relation of Elizabethan literature to the 18th century. Other items include drafts of articles and notes on Alexander Pope and William Wordsworth. Correspondence, schedules of classes, and minutes of meetings reflect Wasserman's teaching career at The Johns Hopkins University.

7.1 linear ft. (17 boxes)

Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7593769

Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library

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Keats, John, 1795-1821

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John Keats was an English poet and literary critic. John Keats, English poet, was born in London, England, on 29 or 31 Oct. 1795. He died of tuberculosis in Italy on 23 Feb. 1821. In 1810, Keats was articled to a surgeon, T. Hammond, in Edmonton for five years. The contract was broken in 1814 or 1815. He then continued his study of surgery in London, entering Guy's Hospital on 2 Oct. 1815. In 1816, Keats became a dresser at Guy's and on 25 July 1816 passed his licentiate at Apothecaries' H...

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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...

Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744

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A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope, 1688-1744, can be found in the Dictionary of National Biography, but there are numerous biographical and critical evaluations if more detailed information is required From the guide to the Verse translation of Book III, metre 9 of Boethius's, De consolatione philosophiae, by Alexander Pope, ca.1703-1704, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) A general outline of the life and works of the poet Alexander Pope can ...

Wordsworth, William, 1770-1850

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British poet. From the description of Letters, 1827 Jan. 12-1836 Feb. 20. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 315953362 Wordsworth, English poet. From the description of [Letters, 1826-1848] / Wm. Wordsworth. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 501844796 Wordsworth was an English poet. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1801-1853. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372656 From the guide to the William Wordsw...

Wasserman, Earl R. (Earl Reeves), 1913-

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Earl Reeves Wasserman, author, educator, and professor of English, at the Johns Hopkins University was born in 1913. He received his PhD.from The Johns Hopkins University in 1937. Wasserman taught at the University of Illinois but returned to The Johns Hopkins University in 1948. He held the Caroline Donovan Chair in the English Department and in 1954, was a member of the editorial board of the Johns Hopkins Press. Wasserman served as editor of "ELH" and of "Modern Langu...