Scope and Contents Includes: 1. “Pope and Donne” A discussion of Pope’s adaptations of Donne’s Satires, 15 March 1956, 34 handwritten pages (probably delivered as one or more lectures at Exeter University); 2. “An Anthology of English Discursive Prose” compiled by H.A. Mason and W.W. Robson. Booklet containing 91 prose passages with Index (Probably the passages referred to in GBR/0269/DCPP/MAS/3/16); 3. “Poetic Drama.” 28 handwritten pages, undated; 4. 3 typed foolscap documents comprising imaginary...

Scope and Contents Includes: (a) copy of a typescript Introduction to a book on Virgil's 'Aeneid' and the history of its translation from Latin into English, from the 16th to 18th centuries (c.100 xerox pages, plus an additional 10 xeroxed pages, possibly a talk on Virgil); (b) a small book on Horace's 'Beatus ille' ode (bound xeroxed booklet of 103 pages. (Neither believed to be in print). Dates of original typescript documents unclear. Contains handwritten annotations, probably made by a reader for an...

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The collection consists of an extensive series of letters from F. R. Leavis, 1935-63, before and after his time working with Mason at Downing College; letters from Q. D. Leavis to Mason, 1943-7; lecture notes from Mason's period at Exeter University and as F. R. Leavis Lecturer at the English Faculty in Cambridge, 1965-78; and other academic papers such as drafts for articles etc. Annotations on lecture notes and draft essays are thought to be Mason's own.

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Typed proposal, by Mason, for 'a scheme of mutual help and entertainment for conscientious university teachers of English', whereby individuals were invited to subscribe for a fee of two pounds to send and receive newssheets of items of interest from others in the profession. Undated.