Colin Hardie, 1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
A collection of materials related to British academic Colin Hardie and his involvement in the Oxford Dante Society. Four letters in Hardie’s hand addressed to fellow Oxford academic Charles Alan Robson between 1954 and 1961. The contents mostly pertain to Dante and the Dante Society. Also included are an offprint of Hardie’s 1964 essay “The ‘Veltres’ in the Chanson de Roland and Dante’s ‘Veltro,’” notes apparently related to the same scribbled on the back of a blank army form, a typed schedule for the Oxford Dante Society between 1962 and 1970, and four typed A4 sheets: one with a table comparing elements of the Commedia to the Liber Scalae Machometi, one titled “When Was the Comedy Begun?,” and two with chronologies of Dante.
Dates
- 1950s-1960s
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Colin Graham Hardie (1906-1998) was a Scottish-born classicist and academic who spent the majority of this career at Magdalen College, Oxford. He was a member of the Inklings, the literary discussion group associated with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
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From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu