Scope and Contents
Dates
- 1866 - 1930
- Majority of material found within 1880 - 1910
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Conditions Governing Use
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Arrangement
Extent
9.88 Linear Feet (25 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
Austin Dobson, 1840-1921
Beginning in 1864, Dobson began to publish verse in the magazine St. Paul's, which was edited by Anthony Trollope. His first volume of poetry, Vignettes in Rhyme, was published in 1873, followed by The Prodigals (1876) and the very popular Old-World Idylls (1883) and At the Sign of the Lyre (1885). Dobson was one of the leaders in the movement to adapt French metrical forms to English, and his poems include rondeaus, rondels, villanelles, and triolets. He was equally well known for his poems in English eighteenth-century styles, including The Ballad of Beau Brocade and the Story of Rosina.
After 1885, Dobson's major publications were in prose, and include biographies of eighteenth-century literary and historical figures, including William Hogarth, Richard Steele, Samuel Richardson, and Fanny Burney, as well as critical and occasional essays on a variety of topics, often related to the eighteenth century as well. He died at home at Ealing, London on September 2, 1921, survived by his wife and all of their children.
Processing Information
Information included in the Description of Papers note and Collection Contents section is drawn from information supplied with the collection, inlcuding dealer descriptions and donor lists, and compiled from some individual catalog cards. Folder titles appearing in the contents list below are often based on those provided by the creator or during the 2003 preliminary processing. Titles have not been verified against the contents of the folders in all cases. Otherwise, folder titles are supplied by staff during basic processing.
- Authors -- Great Britain -- 19th century
- Authors, English -- 19th century
- Authors, English -- 19th century -- Archives
- Dobson, Austin, 1840-1921
- English literature -- 19th century
- English poetry -- 19th century
- English prose literature -- 19th century
- Foote, C. B.
- Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917
- Gosse, Edmund, 1849-1928
- Heinemann, William, 1863-1920
- Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co
- Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall), 1868-1938
- Partridge, Bernard, 1861-1945
- Saintsbury, George, 1845-1933
- Sketchley, Richard Forster, 1826-1911
- Title
- Guide to the Austin Dobson Collection
- Author
- by Beinecke Staff
- Date
- November 2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Repository
Location
121 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511
Opening Hours
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