Knights, Lionel Charles, 1906-1997 (literary scholar)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1906 - 1997
Biography
Lionel Charles Knights; matriculated Selwyn College, Cambridge, 1925; King Edward VII Professor of English Literature at Cambridge.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
F R Leavis Collection, 1934 - 2016
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/LEA
Scope and Contents
Includes c.600 letters from F. R. Leavis to L. C. Knights, David Holbrook, Frank Bradbrook, C. B. Winder, R. O. C. Winkler, A. I. Doyle, John Tasker, Geoffrey Walton, Canon Frank Telfer, Ronald Hayman, Robert Tudor Jones, Peter Coveney, Michael Yudkin and others (mainly Downing alumni). Also includes c. 50 letters from Q. D. Leavis, reading list suggestions, newspaper articles and photos, memoirs by former students and correspondence concerning donation. The Tasker papers also include...
Dates:
1934 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access:
Most letters are open to researchers, but some closure periods apply.
Item
'Future Developments of Literary Criticism' essay by L. C. Knights, 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/KNI/2
Scope and Contents
Winning essay submitted for the Members' English Essay Prize, November 1929. Signed by Knights. Unpublished.
Dates:
1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Open
Fonds
L.C. Knights: Middleman
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10142
Scope and Contents
Autobiography.
Dates:
c. 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Letter from Lionel Knights, 29 Dec. 1969
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9987/7/1/143
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Letters are to Holbrook unless otherwise stated.
Dates:
29 Dec. 1969
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. Two files are restricted on grounds of confidentiality, and a number of files are not available for research on account of the poor physical condition of the documents they contain.
File
Untitled
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9633/1/10
Scope and Contents
Word-processed script. Begins: "F. R. Leavis was the most important intellectual influence of my life in young adulthood..."
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Includes restricted material.
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 3
- Type
- Archival Object 4
- Collection 1
- Subject
- English 1