Philip Hobsbaum collection
| Record No. | SC057 |
| Main Entry | Hobsbaum, Philip |
| Title | Philip Hobsbaum collection |
| Dates | 1955-1972 |
| Physical Description | 60 cm of textual records. |
| Bio/Admin History | Philip Hobsbaum was born in London, England. He earned a B.A. and M.A. from Cambridge in 1955 and 1961 respectively, and a Ph.D. from Sheffield in 1968. He worked as a part-time lecturer and teacher from 1955 to 1959. He was a lecturer in English in Belfast, Northern Ireland from 1962 to 1966 and then moved to Glasgow, Scotland, working initially as a lecturer and later becoming a Professor of English. Hobsbaum is known as a poet, critic, teacher, and editor. In 1955, Hobsbaum founded a creative writing movement known as "The Group". From 1955 to 1959, he was chairman at the poetry readings, which were followed by discussions between the poets and the audience. He later founded similar groups in Belfast and Glasgow. Other members of the original group included Taner Baybars, Martin Bell, Alan Brownjohn, Julian Cooper, Anne Dyke, Christopher Hampton, Arthur Jacobs, Rosemary Joseph, Owen Leeming, Christopher Levenson, Edward Lucie-Smith, George MacBeth, Robin McLaren, Adrian Mitchell, Margaret Owen, Michael Pickering, Peter Porter, George Raphael, and Peter Redgrove. |
| Scope and Content | The collection consists of manuscripts and typescripts of The Group; manuscripts of poems; a manuscript of Hobsbaum's doctoral dissertation "A Theory of Communication", with holograph corrections by William Empson, Professor of English at Sheffield University; and letters to Hobsbaum from Empson relating to the supervision of Hobsbaum's doctoral thesis. The Group manuscripts are by Taner Baybars, Martin Bell, Alan Brownjohn, Julian Cooper, Anne Dyke, Christopher Hampton, Arthur Jacobs, Rosemary Joseph, Owen Leeming, Christopher Levenson, Edward Lucie-Smith, George MacBeth, Robin McLaren, Adrian Mitchell, Margaret Owen, Michael Pickering, Peter Porter, George Raphael, and Peter Redgrove. |
| Title Source | Title based on the contents of the collection. |
| Finding Aids | Finding aid available. |
| Online Finding Aids | Box List (PDF, 59 kB) |
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| Provenance | Hobsbaum, Philip |
| Repository | University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections |
| Subject Headings | Baybars, Taner Bell, Martin, 1918-1978 Brownjohn, Alan, 1931- Cooper, Julian Dyke, Anne Empson, William, 1906-1984 English poetry--20th century Group (group of writers) Hampton, Christopher Hobsbaum, Philip Jacobs, Arthur, 1922- Joseph, Rosemary Leeming, Owen Levenson, Christopher, 1934- Lucie-Smith, Edward MacBeth, George McLaren, Robin Mitchell, Adrian, 1932-2008 Owen, Margaret, 1929- Pickering, Peter Poetry, modern--20th century--England Poets, English--20th century Porter, Peter Raphael, George Redgrove, Peter |
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