Papers relating to 'The Collected Works of the Earl of Rochester'

Scope and Content

Working papers relating to JDH's edition of 'The Collected Works of the Earl of Rochester' (London, 1926) and to subsequent editions and articles on the poet by others. The files include notes from manuscript sources; transcripts of poems; collations of verse; a card index of references mainly to 17th century poetry; reviews; off-prints; a sketch for a bibliography of Rochester by JDH; the text of a talk 'Rochester's poems and the problem of their presentation', recorded for the BBC in 1953; and correspondence.