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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 4 Collections and/or Records:

 Item — Container: DCPP/KNI/2

'Future Developments of Literary Criticism' essay by L. C. Knights, 1929

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 Unpublished.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

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).
 Item

Letter from Lionel Knights, 29 Dec. 1969

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. 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

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 3
Collection 1