MS 677 05

MS 677 05

Frank Ashton-Gwatkin archive: Literary papers

Series

1909-1975

2 sub-series; 50 files

This series covers the writings and the literary interests of Ashton-Gwatkin, which has been collected into published material and typescripts. The papers consist of fictional prose; autobiographical writing; verse; reviews; plays and historical accounts. They reflect the diversity of Ashton-Gwatkin’s interests which varied from writings about Japan, and other significant events or people in his life, to classical figures. As well as creating his own original verse and prose, he would often translate works from a number of different languages, including Greek; Latin and French.

Most of the manuscripts and typescripts are undated, but appear to have been written throughout his life. Where the dates of the manuscripts are known, they are given at file level.

The material is written by Ashton-Gwatkin unless otherwise stated

This series has been arranged into published and unpublished material