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TitleJames Blair Leishman papers

Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Reference codeJBL

Datec1927-c1961

Creator
- Leishman, James Blair (1902-1963) scholar and translatorMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  James Blair Leishman was born on 8 May 1902. He was educated at Rydak School and St John's College, Oxford. He was Assistant Lecturer, Lecture and Senior Lecture in English Literature at University College Southampton from 1928 to 1946 and lecturer in English Literature at Oxford University from 1946 until his death on 14 August 1963. Publications: The metaphysical poets: Donne, Herbert, Vaughan, Traherne, (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1934); The monarch of wit: an analytical and comparative study of the poetry of John Donne, (London: Hutchinson, 1951); Selected poems of Friedrich Hölderlin; the German text, translated with an introduction and notes by J.B. Leishman, (London, Hogarth Press, 1954); Poems 1906 To 1926 / Rainer Maria Rilke Translated By J.B. Leishman, (London, Hogarth Press, 1957); Selected works / by Rainer Maria Rilke, Vol. 2 Poetry translated by J.B. Leishman, (London, Hogarth Press, 1960); Themes and variations in Shakespeares sonnets, (London, Hutchinson, 1961); Duino Elegies: the German text / Rainer Maria Rilke; with an English translation, introduction and commentary by J.B. Leishman & Stephen Spender, (London, Hogarth Press, 1963); The art of Marvell's poetry, (London, Hutchinson, 1968).

Scope and ContentPapers of James Blair Leishman, comprising:
Correspondence mostly from Paul Obermüller (50 items) and Ernst Zinn (7 items) concerning Leishman's translations of the works of Rainer Maria Rilke (1955-1961) and personal diaries (1927, 1930, 1941). There are also 12 holiday postcards covering the years 1955-7, of which several are addressed to Robert H[ugh] Leishman in House B3 at Marlborough College from his parents [Dr H.R. Leishman of Alresford, Scotland, possibly JBL's brother; mother's name unknown]. One of the postcards (24.9.56) is addressed to Dr H.R. Leishman, at 50, Hillhead Street, Glasgow, from one of his daughters. The cards may have been sent to JBL from his nieces and nephew, who perhaps thought he would be interested in the holiday news they contain and in the Austrian and Swiss mountain scenery depicted on them.

Conditions governing accessOpen for research. Access to individual items in the Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies archival collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Researchers should apply to consult material at least forty-eight hours in advance by letter, facsimile, e-mail or telephone; the Library staff need a name and contact number, a concise and clear idea of the nature of the enquiry and a date and time for consultation.

Extent2 boxes

Finding aidsCatalogued to item level. A pdf is attached to this description.

Related files

http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/resources/Leishman amended.doc

Senate House Library holds a volume (1933-1934) of poetry, in German, by Rainer Maria Rilke, translated by James Blair Leishman. It includes manuscript recommendations by Leishman and comments by Professor Geoffrey Tillotson (Ref MS456). Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections and Western Manuscripts, holds Leishman's literary papers, 1935-1964 (Reference : MSS Eng poet c 57, d 164-85).

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