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Folder 155: “English 27”, 1965, undated

 File — Container: Box 8, Folder: 155

Scope and Contents

Untitled essay; “What kept me moving through Njal’s Saga was the style…”

Untitled essay; “Perhaps the most enduring attraction of most of the readings I have done for this course…”

Essay; “Restraint and Gesture in Maldon”

Handwritten notes on text; lines, phrases

Photocopied texts for preparation of essay, most annotated by Pfeil:

Article; Anglo-Saxon Heroic Attitudes by G N Garmonsway from Franciplegius: Medieval and Linguistic Studies in Honor of Francis Peabody Magoun, Jr, Jess B. Bessinger, Jr., and Robert P. Creed, Editors. New York: New York University Press, 1965, 139

Aids to reflection on The Battle of Maldon

“Studies in Philology”

Poem; The Lay of Volund

Cynewulf and Cyneheard

“An Approach to the Dream of the Rood”

Handout; “Literary exercise I”

Handout; meter in poetry

Untitled Essay; “In our text, lines 37-52 are chopped into three separate sentences”

Handout; “The beginning and the end of Tom H Towers…”

Handout; “The hero of the poem…”

Handout; “Hyrhtnod”

Untitled essay; “My response to the Dream of the Rood was freshest when I was in the act of translating it, and I remember now vividly the feeling of disappointment I had when the Cross’s exciting recapitulation of the Crucifixion abruptly ended and his direct didactic address to the reader began.”

Handout; “Sir Patrick Spens”

See also folders #103, 104, 106, 108, 109, 153, 154, 374, 375, 376, 389 for more of his college writings

Dates

  • Creation: 1965, undated

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 23.5 Cubic Feet (23 records center cartons with 475 folders, and one flat box of oversized materials (box 24)) ; 1 box (16.25 in. x 13 in. x 10.5 in.) equals 1 cubic foot ("cubic foot" defined in SAA Dictionary) 1 flat box (2.5"H x 17"W x 20.75"D) equals .51 cubic feet (as defined by UNLV Archives Calculator)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository

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Hartford Connecticut 06106