Identity area
Reference code
Davies/Box 1-3/Box 2/11.
Unique identifier
GB 275 Davies/Box 1-3/Box 2/11.
Title
[Untitled folder]
Date(s)
- c.1960-1984 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 folder, paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1909-1984)
Biographical history
Entered St John's 1928. Jebb Studentship and Le Bas Prize 1931. BA 1931. Author of English Surrealist's manifesto, 1936 and co-curator of Surrealist Exhibition, London 1936. Surrealist prose poem 'Petron' published 1935. Published three novels 1950-60, 'The Papers of Andrew Melmoth'(1960) being the best known. Appointed College Rat Catcher 1967. Concentrated his critical talents on Wordsworth's poetry for last 20 years of his life, becoming a Trustee of Dove Cottage and having 'Wordsworth and the Worth of Words' published posthumously in 1986.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notes, workings and lecture notes on the study of vocabulary using statistical analysis.