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Charles Kingsley correspondence


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    Charles Kingsley correspondence

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of letters written by Charles Kingsley to Dr. James Hunt (1833-1869), an ethnologist and writer on stammering. Kingsley consults Hunt about his own stuttering and describes its effects. Kingsley also discusses Darwin's evolutionary theory and his friendship with Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895). The collection also includes four letters from Kingsley's wife, Fanny Grenfell Kingsley, to James Hunt.

    mssHM 32204-32261

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    Charles Kingsley letter to " My Dear Hughes,"

    Manuscripts

    In this letter, Kingsley is ordering some fish flies (according to a sketch by Kingsley). He also comments upon an article in Punch.

    mssHM 78384

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    Manuscripts and Correspondence: Amis, Kingsley (AMS 453-461)

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    The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.

    mssAMS 1-1362

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    Correspondence: Conquest, Robert to Kingsley Amis (AMS 292-)

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    The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.

    mssAMS 1-1362

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    Correspondence: Conquest, Robert to Kingsley Amis (-AMS 291)

    Manuscripts

    The bulk of the collection consists of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Louis Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly, and groups of limericks by Robert Conquest. Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings.

    mssAMS 1-1362

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    Kingsley Amis papers

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains the papers of English author Kingsley Amis (1922-1995) and is arranged in four parts based on date of acquisition. In the contents list below, Parts II-IV (Boxes 38-77) are only listed at the box level. Manuscripts: The bulk and the strength of the collection consist of drafts of novels, short stories, poems, essays and television and radio scripts by Kingsley Amis, many heavily corrected. Also included are individual manuscript pieces by Martin Amis, Sir John Betjeman, Elizabeth Jane Howard, and George Melly. Manuscripts by Amis of particular interest include: Difficulties with Girls: unfinished novel (not the novel of the same title published in 1988): notes, corrected draft, additional draft pages, summary of unwritten ending, and statement of reasons for not publishing the novel. AMS 19-22. Notebook: contains random notes for characters, dialogue, etc., ca.1969-1981. AMS 76. Poems: the earliest literary manuscripts in the collection, 1941-1944. AMS 95. Who Else Is Rank: early, unpublished novel co-written with E. Frank Coles, 1944-1945. AMS 180-181. Also 3 letters from Amis to Coles discussing the novel, AMS 185-187. Correspondence: Letters deal with personal and literary matters, including Amis' reactions to the work of other authors and their reactions to his writings. Correspondence of special interest includes: Amis, Kingsley. Letter to Andor Foldes, discussing his reference to Mozart in Lucky Jim, 1964, May 26, London. AMS 457. Betjeman, Sir John, 1906-. Letter to Kingsley Amis relating Betjeman's enthusiastic reaction to Lucky Jim, 1954. AMS 192. Conquest, Robert. 114 letters and notes to Kingsley Amis. A fine series of lively, witty letters which reveals the close friendship of the two authors. Personal and literary matters are discussed, and scores of limericks are exchanged between the two. 1976-1986. AMS 238-351. Dick, Philip K. Letter to Kingsley Amis discussing Dick's reasons for using the title The Man in the High Castle for his novel. 1979, September 10. AMS 201. Larkin, Philip. 76 letters to Kingsley Amis. A remarkable series of revealing, poignant letters. 1967-1985. AMS 353-428. Powell, Anthony, 1905-. Letter to Kingsley Amis, reacting to Amis' radio broadcast on Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time, 1980, January 30. AMS 213.

    mssAMS 1-1362