Item MSA/1/81 - Letter from Matthew Arnold to J. Cotter Morison concerning research on the author Edward Gibbon

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Reference code

MSA/1/81

Title

Letter from Matthew Arnold to J. Cotter Morison concerning research on the author Edward Gibbon

Date(s)

  • 23 Oct 1878 (Creation)

Level of description

Item

Extent and medium

1 item, paper.

Context area

Name of creator

Content and structure area

Scope and content

In response to a previous correspondence concerning a theory of Arnold's that Gibbons' 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' was originally intended to have been written in French. Signed by creator.

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Conditions governing access

Open.

Language of material

  • English

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