William Sharp collection, 1887-1907

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William Sharp collection, 1887-1907

Consists of selected correspondence (letters, notecards, and postcards), poetry, and a typed essay, all signed either by William Sharp or under his pseudonym, "Fiona Macleod."

.20 linear ft. (1 half-size archival box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8114892

Princeton University Library

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Little, James Stanley, 1856-1940

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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...

Macleod, Fiona, 1855-1905

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

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