Collection Scope and Content Note

Scope and Contents Note

The Burgess Papers consist primarily of manuscripts toward for of his books. Washington University holds typescripts, all signed by Burgess with corrections and revisions on his hand, of the novels Devil of a State (1961), the Wanting Seed (1962), and Nothing like the Sun (1964). The collection also includes a signed and corrected typescript, as well as a corrected galley proof, of the book of criticism, Language Made Plain (1964). Washington Univeristy's Anthony Burgess collection sis completed by Burgess's typescript review of John Barht's Giles Goat-Boy and a muscial composition by Burgess scored for piano and orchestra.

Bibliography

Boytinck, Paul. Anthony Burgess: A Bibliography . (Norwood, PA: Norwod Editions, 1977).

Brewer, Jeutonne R. Anthony Burgess: A Bibliography . (Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1980).