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Baker, Sheridan., 01/01/1959-12/31/1972

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 133
Identifier: GAMMS1.6.133

Series-level Scope and Content Note

From the Series:

Academic offprints collected by William K. Wimsatt, Jr., arranged alphabetically by author.

Dates

  • 01/01/1959-12/31/1972

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Extent

From the Collection: 6 Linear Feet (4 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Container Summary

Autograph Correspondence dated 1964-1973 from Sheridan Baker to William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Found among the Sheridan Baker offprints of the William K. Wimsatt, Jr. Papers. Also, 8 Offprints by Sheridan Baker. Titles include: "Cummings and Catllus" from "Modern Language Notes" (1959); "Catallus 38" from "Classical Philology" (1960); Review of "The Word Irony and Its Context" from "Modern Philology" (1963); "The Idea of Romance in the 18th Century Novel" from "Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters" (1964); "The Error of Ain't" from "College English" (1964); "The Art and Science of Letters: Webster's 3rd New International Dictionary" from the "Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters" (1965); "Bridget Allworthy: The Creative Pressures of Fielding's Plot" (1967); "The Comedy of Allusion in Northanger Abbey" (1966); and "The Sociology of Dictionaries and the Sociology of Words" from Howard Weinbrot's "New Aspects of Lexicography" (1973). All include autograph inscriptions from the author to William K. Wimsatt, Jr.

Subjects and Associated Physical Materials

BAKER, SHERIDAN - CORRESP. TO WIMSATT, WILLIAM (1964-1973): Other Types

WIMSATT, WILLIAM K., JR. - CORRESP. FROM BAKER, SHERIDAN (1964-1973): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "CUMMINGS & CATULLUS" - OFFPRINT (1959): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "CATULLUS 38" - OFFPRINT (1960): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - BOOK REVIEW (1961): Other Types

KNOX, NORMAN - REFERENCE IN BOOK REVIEW (1961): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "IDEA OF ROMANCE" - OFFPRINT (1964): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "THE ERROR OF AIN'T" - OFFPRINT (1964): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "ART AND SCIENCE OF LETTERS" - OFFPRINT (1965): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "BRIDGET ALLWORTHY" - OFFPRINT (1967): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "COMEDY OF ALLUSION" - OFFPRINT (1967): Other Types

BAKER, SHERIDAN - "SOCIOLOGY OF DICTIONARIES" - OFFPRINT (1972): Other Types

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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