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'Some Scraps of Paper': The Autograph Manuscript of Ode to a Nightingale at the Fitzwilliam Museum.

Authors :
Reynolds, Suzanne
Source :
Keats-Shelley Review; Sep2019, Vol. 33 Issue 2, p140-158, 19p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

This article traces the history of the only surviving autograph manuscript of Ode to a Nightingale, composed two hundred years ago in May 2019, and preserved since 1933 in the Fitzwilliam Museum. It tests Charles Armitage Brown's famous eyewitness account of the moment of composition against the physical reality of the manuscript, and examines its materiality in some detail. It also traces the history of the manuscript's fortunes through the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and examines the role of collectors, curators and conservators in ensuring its survival and its continued presence in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09524142
Volume :
33
Issue :
2
Database :
Supplemental Index
Journal :
Keats-Shelley Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
138734240
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/09524142.2019.1659017