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Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material
- Title
- Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1877-1913.
- Author
- Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Permit needed | Pforz MS | Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319 |
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- Additional Authors
- Axon, William E. A. (William Edward Armytage), 1846-1913
- Bell, Mackenzie, 1856-1930
- Clairmont, Pauline, 1825-1891
- Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898
- Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913
- Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908
- Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901
- Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862-
- Newman, Henry Roderick, 1843-1917
- Rendall, Vernon, 1869-
- Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946
- Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919
- Rogers, Benjamin Bickley, 1828-1919
- Shelley, Susanna, -1920
- Shelley-Rolls, John Courtown Edward, 1871-1951
- Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881
- Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937
- Description
- 60 items
- Summary
- The Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material in the Pforzheimer collection consists of writings and correspondence. Writings include: the holograph text of his Memoir of Shelley, as published in the 1892 Aldine edition of Shelley's works ; papers relating to his "The Building of the Idylls," an essay on Tennyson ; and over a dozen essays and works of criticism on Shelley or Shelley-related publications. The correspondence is dated from between 1877 and 1913, and mostly discusses Shelley scholarship. Correspondents include: Paola Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont ; Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer ; and Thomas James Wise, book collector and forger.
- Subjects
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 > Criticism and interpretation
- Forgers > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
- Bibliographers > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
- Bibliographers > Great Britain > 20th century > Correspondence
- Forgers > Great Britain > 20th century > Correspondence
- Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 > Correspondence
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Location of Other Archival Materials (note)
- Additional Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material at the New York Public Library can be found in The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
- Biography (note)
- Harry Buxton Forman, the English bibliographer, editor, and forger, wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, notably on Shelley and Keats, while maintaining a position in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began to print spurious publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
- Call Number
- Pforz MS
- OCLC
- 228504992
- Author
- Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917.
- Title
- Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material, 1877-1913.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- Harry Buxton Forman, the English bibliographer, editor, and forger, wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, notably on Shelley and Keats, while maintaining a position in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began to print spurious publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Additional Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material at the New York Public Library can be found in The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Axon, William E. A. (William Edward Armytage), 1846-1913, addressee.Bell, Mackenzie, 1856-1930, addressee.Clairmont, Pauline, 1825-1891, addressee.Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898, addressee.Dowden, Edward, 1843-1913, addressee.Ebsworth, Joseph Woodfall, 1824-1908, addressee.Ellis, Frederick Startridge, 1830-1901, addressee.Locock, C. D. (Charles Dealtry), 1862- addressee.Newman, Henry Roderick, 1843-1917, addressee.Rendall, Vernon, 1869- addressee.Rhys, Ernest, 1859-1946, addressee.Rossetti, William Michael, 1829-1919, addressee.Rogers, Benjamin Bickley, 1828-1919, addressee.Shelley, Susanna, -1920, addressee.Shelley-Rolls, John Courtown Edward, 1871-1951, addressee.Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881, addressee.Wise, Thomas James, 1859-1937, addressee.
- Research Call Number
- Pforz MS