Wilkinson papers, 1926-1954.

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Wilkinson papers, 1926-1954.

The papers consist of letters and offprints sent to Wilkinson and George Gordon by various literary scholars, including E. K. Chambers, Nevill Coghill, James Blair Leishman, Kenneth Sisam, and L. C. Thompson. Letters by John Robert Moore discuss his work on Defoe, Canadian academic life, and the sending of CARE packages to Wilkinson; a 1927 letter by J. R. R. Tolkien speculates on the likely failure of The Hobbit and offers to send Gordon a copy.

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University of Oxford

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Blunden, Edmund, 1896-1974

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Sisam, Kenneth.

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