Scope and Contents From the Collection: Edward B. Irving (1923-1998), was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1993. He also taught at Yale University. He specialized in medieval literature, but could lecture on a variety of topics from Shakespeare to James Joyce. He was a member of both the Medieval Academy of America and the Modern Language Association of America. He published several books, among them An Introduction to Beowulf which was included in Prentice-Halls’...

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criticizing the criticism of the review writer for mistakenly identifying what he thought was a split infinitive, 1 page

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regarding the Festschrift that they are compiling (a book of medieval poetry and essays), 1 page

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a colleague in the field, included is a xerox of an article he had published by Studies in Philology, 10 pages

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Edward B. Irving (1923-1998), was a professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1993. He also taught at Yale University. He specialized in medieval literature, but could lecture on a variety of topics from Shakespeare to James Joyce. He was a member of both the Medieval Academy of America and the Modern Language Association of America. He published several books, among them An Introduction to Beowulf which was included in Prentice-Halls’...

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telling Irving he liked his book, An Introduction to Beowulf, 1 page

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details on backs of photographs, 4 pages

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Also includes a summer and winter photograph of Maine, 3 pages

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Business and personal topics, including a partial pamphlet (?) of Medieval Scribes, Manuscripts and Libraries, with an order form. John Pope's name is mentioned on the pamphlet, 19 pages

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informing Irving they are going to discontinue printing Introduction to Beowulf because it wasn't selling, 2 pages