Weidner, Paul Russell (d. 1961)

Papers, 1936-1952.

Quantity: 1.2 lin. ft.

Type: typescripts.

Biographical note: Professor of English at the College of Charleston. He received a B. A. from Miami University in 1921 and a M. A. from Harvard University in 1922. He was a graduate student at Ohio State University from 1939-1940. He taught at Miami University from 1920-1923 and at the College of Charleston from 1923-1961. He died July 27, 1961.

Contents: Unpublished monographs about John Milton and rare books in the College of Charleston Library.

(1) “John Milton: Notes on Paradise Lost” (1939; commentary by book and line with glossary). 453 pp. typescript.

(2) “John Milton: Notes on Paradise Regained, Samson Agonistes, and the Minor English Poems” (1939; commentary by book and line with glossary). 897 pp. typescript.

(3A) "Six Studies in Milton: Essays Supplementary to the Notes on the Poetry of John Milton: Milton's Angels; Milton's Cosmology; Legend of the Fall of the Angels; Spenser and Milton; Milton and the Art of Rhetoric; Lycidas" (1936-1940). 209 pp. typescript.

(3B) "Four Studies in the Poetry of Milton..." (another copy of the first four essays listed in volume 3A, but also an original typescript).

(3C) "Milton's Lycidas: Notes and Comments" (another copy of the final essay in volume 3A, but also an original typescript).

(4) "A Milton Bibliography, 1928-1937" (1938; prepared as a supplement to Reference Guide to Milton by David H. Stevens, 1930). 29 pp. photocopy of typescript.

(5) "William Shakespeare: the Tragedy of Hamlet; Notes and Comments" (1938; commentary by act, scene, and line). 168 pp. typescript.

(6) "A Biographical Dictionary of the Historical Characters in the Chronicle Plays of Shakespeare: King John; Richard II; Henry IV, Part I; Henry IV, Part II; Henry V; Henry VI, Part I; Henry VI, Part II; Henry VI, Part III; Richard III; Henry VIII" (1952). 553 pp. and 12 genealogical tables. Typescript.

(7) "A Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Books in the College of Charleston Library with Bibliographical Descriptions and Notes" (1950). Approx. 100 pp. typescript.

Gifts of the author, 1940-1952.

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