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known Wordsworth and Wordsworth family papers. As yet there is no complete
and accurate catalogue of the Grasmere papers, but in the early 1960s
incomplete facs sets of major Grasmere mss held at that time were deposited in
the Bodleian and the lib of the Univ of Alberta, and later at Cornell Univ Lib.
See R. Siemens, The Wordsworth collection: a catalogue. Dove Cottage
papers facsimiles of the University of Alberta, below.
In Britain, important items are held at the BL (many items of correspondence
and several poetic mss, including one of ‘Peter Bell’, with other materials); see T.
J. Wise, Two lake poets: a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts, and
autograph letters by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor
Coleridge, below, for full details of items in the Ashley Lib, now in the BL.
Some major items are kept at several colleges of Cambridge Univ, and the location
of others will be described in the relevant forthcoming vol of IELM.
In the US, the libs at Amherst, Cornell, and Indiana Univs have important
collections: see the catalogues by Patton, Healey, Noyes and Curtis, below.
There are significant holdings at the Houghton Lib, Harvard (including mss
of ‘Ode, January 18, 1816’, ‘Lines left upon a seat in a yew-tree’, ‘The female
vagrant’, ‘She dwelt among the untrodden ways’, ‘London, 1802’, ‘Intimations
of immortality’; revisions in a copy of Yarrow revisited, and other poems;
and c. 100 letters); the Beinecke Rare Book Lib, Yale (including mss or drafts of
‘Lines written near Richmond’, ‘Intimations of immortality’, ‘The blind highland
boy’; a corrected copy of Lyrical ballads, 1800; proofs of To the
Freeholders of Westmorland, and various letters); Wellesley College
(including a ms of An evening walk, revised copies of Descriptive
sketches, and The poetical works, 1832, proofs of ‘Laodamia’, and c. 60
letters); the Pierpont Morgan Lib, New York (the Coleorton Papers of Sir
George Beaumont, including a commonplace book with poems by Wordsworth
and some letters); Princeton (including 37 letters, 18 mss, and an interleaved
copy of The poetical works, 1828; and the Huntington Lib (c. 178 items,
including literary mss and letters to Edward Moxon, Francis Wrangham, and
others). The Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript
Collections (1959–93) contains listings of other Wordsworth items in
American institutions.
Facs (photo) reproductions are available as follows: in all vols of The
Cornell Wordsworth Edition, 1975— , the complete mss relevant to the
reading texts printed are reproduced; BL Additional MS 47864 is reproduced
in The manuscript of William Wordsworth’s poems, in two volumes
(1807), a facsimile, 1984, introd by W. H. Kelliher; the earliest seven letters
printed in The love letters of William and Mary Wordsworth are reproduced
in My dearest love: letters of William and Mary Wordsworth,
1810 (Ambleside 1981).
Bibliographies and reference works
Catalogue of the varied and valuable historical, poetical, theological
and miscellaneous library of the late venerated poet-laureate.
Preston [1859]; rptd in Trans Wordsworth Soc no 6 [1884?].
Tutin, J. R. The Wordsworth dictionary of persons and places. Hull
1891; rptd New York 1967, 1968.
Tutin, J. R. An index to the animal and vegetable kingdoms of
Wordsworth. Hull 1892.
White, W. H. A description of the Wordsworth and Coleridge manuscripts
in the possession of Mr T. Norton Longman. 1897.
Cooper, L. A concordance to the poems of William Wordsworth. 1911;
rptd New York 1965; Temecula CA 1992, 1996.
Wise, T. J. A bibliography of the writings in prose and verse of
William Wordsworth. 1916 (priv ptd); rptd Folkestone 1971.
Wise, T. J. Two lake poets: a catalogue of printed books, manuscripts,
and autograph letters by William Wordsworth and
Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 1927 (priv ptd); rptd 1965.
Munby, A. N. L. Wordsworth and Coleridge. Early appreciation in
the north. TLS 22 Aug 1936.
Patton, C. H. The Amherst Wordsworth Collection: a descriptive
bibliography. Amherst MA 1936.
Logan, J. V. Wordsworthian criticism: a guide and bibliography.
Columbus OH 1947; rptd 1961; New York 1974. Secondary material
only.
John Whitehouse | William Wordsworth
Bernbaum, E. In Guide through the romantic movement, New York
1949 (2nd edn).
Gordan, J. D. Wordsworth 1770–1850: an exhibition. BNYPL 1950;
New York 1950. Catalogue of centennial exhibition in NYPL.
Coe, C. N. Wordsworth and the literature of travel: a bibliography. N
& Q 197, 27 Sep, 11 Oct 1952.
Bernbaum, E. and J. V. Logan. In English romantic poets: a review of
research, ed T. H. Raysor, New York 1956 (rev).
Healey, G. H. The Cornell Wordsworth Collection: a catalogue of
books and manuscripts presented to the university by Mr Victor
Emmanuel Cornell, 1919. Ithaca NY 1957. The most authoritative
bibl account of books pbd during Wordsworth’s lifetime, and
related materials.
Barnes, J. C. A bibliography of Wordsworth in American periodicals
through 1825. PBSA 52 1958.
Maxwell, J. C. Wordsworth in the Supplement to the Cambridge
bibliography of English literature. N & Q 203, Feb 1958.
Henley, E. F. and D. H. Stam. Wordsworthian criticism 1945–1959:
an annotated bibliography. New York 1960, 1965 (rev to 1964).
Secondary material only.
Henley, E. F. A check list of Masters’ theses in the United States on
Wordsworth. Charlottesville VA 1962.
Woof, R. S. Wordsworth’s poetry and Stuart’s newspapers:
1797–1803. SB 15 1962.
Reed, M. L. Wordsworth: the chronology of the early years,
1770–1799. Cambridge MA 1967.
Swayze, W. E. Early Wordsworthian biography: books and articles
containing material on the life and character of William
Wordsworth that appeared before the publication of the official
Memoirs by Christopher Wordsworth in 1851. BNYPL 54, Apr
1969.
Siemens, R. The Wordsworth collection: a catalogue. Dove Cottage
papers facs of the University of Alberta. Edmonton 1971.
Bauer, N. S. Wordsworth and the early anthologies. Library 5th ser
27 1972.
Bernbaum, E., J. V. Logan, jun., and F. T. Swetnam, jun. In English
romantic poets: a review of research and criticism, ed F. Jordan,
New York 1972 (3rd edn); ed K. Kroeber, New York 1985 (4th edn
rev).
Curtis, J. R. Wordsworth in the Lilly Library: a description of letters
and manuscripts. TWC 3 1972.
Ward, W. S. In Literary reviews in British periodicals 1798–1820: a
bibliography, with a supplementary list of general (non-review)
articles on literary subjects. 2 vols New York 1972.
Butler, J. A. Wordsworth in Philadelphia Area Libraries, 1787–1850.
TWC 4 1973.
Stam, D. H. Wordsworthian criticism 1964–1973: an annotated bibliography.
New York 1974. Secondary material only.
Bauer, N. S. Early burlesques and parodies of Wordsworth. JEGP 74
1975.
Bauer, N. S. Romantic poetry and the unstamped political press,
1830–1836. SiR 14 1975.
Reed, M. L. Wordsworth: the chronology of the middle years,
1800–1815. Cambridge MA 1975.
Bauer, N. S. William Wordsworth: a reference guide to British criticism,
1793–1899. Boston 1978. Secondary material only.
Bauer, N. S. Wordsworth’s poems in contemporary periodicals.
Victorian Periodical Newsletter 11 June 1978.
Hill, A. G. Wordsworth and his American friends. BRH 81 1978.
Noyes, R. The Indiana Wordsworth Collection: a catalogue. Boston
1978.
Shaver, C. L. and A. C.. Wordsworth’s library: a catalogue including a
list of books housed by Wordsworth for Coleridge from c. 1810 to
c. 1830. New York 1979.
Gatton, J. S. et al. Catalog of the Peal Exhibition [Oct 1982]. Kentucky
Rev 4 1982 (special issue).
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