Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
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The Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection is comprised of works created by authors associated with modernism, a literary movement with contested dates, but largely regarded as taking place between 1910 and 1940. Authors featured here include Mary Butts (1890-1937), Robert Graves (1895-1985), James Joyce (1882-1941), Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957), and Ezra Pound (1885-1972), as well as writers who produced work following WWII, such as Aidan Higgins (1927-2015), identified as late modernists or influenced by modernism.
Intellectuals and artists affiliated with parallel movements in other disciplines during the same period, such as modern art, are also found in this collection, as seen in the correspondence of Herbert Read (1893-1968) and photography of Gisèle Freund (1908-2000).
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Collection Details
- Items 3049
- Last Updated 2024-07-31
Subcollections (15)
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Works (3033)
91. Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, [1924]
- Title:
- Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, [1924]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from renowned early 20th century English printmaker, typeface designer, and sculptor Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, wife of Hilary Pepler. Most of the letters are regarding the end of the friendship between Gill and Hilary Pepler. From the Brocard Sewell fonds. Gill thanks Pepler for the birthday wishes and welcomes her back from her pilgrimage to Lourdes
- Subject:
- Critics, Literature, Modern, Type designers, Authors, Engravers, Sculptors, Modernism (Literature), Pepler, Clare, Artists, Authors, English, Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, and Printmakers
- Creator:
- Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
- Contributor:
- Pepler, Clare
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1924?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Wales--Abergavenny
- Coordinates:
- 51.82098, -3.01743
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in pencil.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Brocard Sewell Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1996-118; Item: 6
- Fonds Title:
- Brocard Sewell fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC112
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/brocard-sewell-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-09-26
- Technical Note:
- Metadata and digitization by Rowan O'Brian. Additional metadata by SC.
92. Letter from Mary Butts to Douglas Goldring, April, 1924 - October, 1925
- Title:
- Letter from Mary Butts to Douglas Goldring, April, 1924 - October, 1925
- Description:
- Mary Butts writes to Douglas Goldring regarding the most recent news about various acquaintances. Sent from (location): England--London--7 St James Terrace
- Keyword:
- Places referenced (in letter): England--London--7 St James Terrace; France--Paris, People referenced (in letter): Butts, Mary, 1890-1937; Goldring, Douglas, 1887-1960; Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976; Dunlop, Geoffrey; Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981; Goodwin, Murray (?); West, Irene , and Topics referenced (in letter): Friendship
- Subject:
- West, Irene, Waugh, Alec, 1898-1981, Goodwin, Murray, Robeson, Paul, 1898-1976, Dunlop, Geoffrey, Friendship, Butts, Mary, 1890-1937, and Goldring, Douglas, 1887-1960
- Creator:
- Butts, Mary, 1890-1937
- Contributor:
- Goldring, Douglas, 1887-1960
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1924-04/1925-10
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Copyright, The Estate of Mary Butts, published by permission. Seek permission for use.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London and France--Paris
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Mary Butts Letters
- Provider:
- Hawkes, Joel
- Genre:
- personal correspondence and handwriting
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 4, Box 01, Folder 19
- Fonds Title:
- Douglas Goldring fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC048
- Is_referenced_by:
- Archival finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/douglas-goldring-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 1995
93. Ulysses (1924)
- Title:
- Ulysses (1924)
- Description:
- This is the fifth printing of the first edition. Printed for Sylvia Beach By Maurice Darantiere at Dijon, France. Includes a list of corrections starting on page 733.
- Subject:
- Modernism (Literature), Ulysses (Joyce, James), Realism in literature, and Stream of consciousness fiction
- Creator:
- Joyce, James, 1882-1941
- Contributor:
- Shakespeare and Company (Paris, France) and Darantière, Maurice
- Publisher:
- Paris : Shakespeare and Co., 1924.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1924-09
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PR6019 O9U4 1924
- Extent:
- 736 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- 1st edition, 5th printing
- Geographic Coverage:
- Ireland--Dublin
- Coordinates:
- 53.38046, -6.27113
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- There is a pagination error in this copy: pages 289 to 304 are missing and in their place are duplicate pages 401-416, this is reflected on images 153 through 161; 153 pagination jumps from 288 on left to 401 on right; 161 pagination jumps from 416 on left to 305 on right. There is also a torn page (missing a portion) images 298-299 (lower corner).
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- literature (general genre), fiction (general genre), and books
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-05-19/2022-06-15
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Betterlight TTI concurrently with 1922 edition and digitally split. Books were supported by blocks and where required, pages held down by Mylar. 600 DPI (1/15; 263; bent5 tone; camera height 1100) by PD. Metadata by KD.
94. Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, November 22, [1924]
- Title:
- Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, November 22, [1924]
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from renowned early 20th century English printmaker, typeface designer, and sculptor Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, wife of Hilary Pepler. Most of the letters are regarding the end of the friendship between Gill and Hilary Pepler. From the Brocard Sewell fonds. In this letter Gill responds in detail to a letter sent by Pepler regarding relationships of acquaintances, and encourages her to tell him honestly what the acquaintances think of him. Misdated 1922.
- Subject:
- Sculptors, Printmakers, Type designers, Authors, Engravers, Critics, Artists, Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Pepler, Clare, Authors, English, and Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
- Creator:
- Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
- Contributor:
- Pepler, Clare
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1924-11-22?
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Wales--Abergavenny
- Coordinates:
- 51.82098, -3.01743
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in pencil.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Brocard Sewell Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1996-118; Item: 6
- Fonds Title:
- Brocard Sewell fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC112
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/brocard-sewell-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-09-26
- Technical Note:
- Metadata and digitization by Rowan O'Brian. Additional metadata by SC.
95. Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, December 4, 1924
- Title:
- Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, December 4, 1924
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from renowned early 20th century English printmaker, typeface designer, and sculptor Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, wife of Hilary Pepler. Most of the letters are regarding the end of the friendship between Gill and Hilary Pepler. From the Brocard Sewell fonds. Gill discusses selling his home, the Crank, in Ditchling Common. He also talks about his misdeeds that Pepler pointed out in a previous letter.
- Subject:
- Engravers, Literature, Modern, Printmakers, Critics, Sculptors, Authors, English, Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, Pepler, Clare, Type designers, Artists, Modernism (Literature), and Authors
- Creator:
- Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
- Contributor:
- Pepler, Clare
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1924-12-04
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Wales--Abergavenny
- Coordinates:
- 51.82098, -3.01743
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in pencil.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Brocard Sewell Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1996-118; Item: 6
- Fonds Title:
- Brocard Sewell fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC112
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/brocard-sewell-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-09-26
- Technical Note:
- Metadata and digitization by Rowan O'Brian. Additional metadata by SC.
96. A Draft of XVI. Cantos of Ezra Pound - Gallup A26
- Title:
- A Draft of XVI. Cantos of Ezra Pound - Gallup A26
- Description:
- Printed note in colophon "AUTHOR'S PROOF". These proofs are described by Gallup p. 61 as follows: "In addition to the above, a special lot of at least five other unnumbered copies was assembled from extra and proof sheets and bound in paper wrappers; these copies bear in place of a number on the colophon page the printed words: AUTHOR'S PROOF. At least two of these have pages [1] - 6 and [11] - 12 printed on Roma paper, with the rest of the text on unwatermarked paper of poor quality." [This copy is printed almost entirely on unwatermarked paper of poor quality, except for the outer leaf of gathering C, which is printed on laid Roma paper].
- Subject:
- Literature, Authorship, Literary collections, Authors, American, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Poets, American, Authors, and Poets
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Language:
- lat, gre, and eng
- Date Created:
- 1925
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only to the UVic researcher community. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: PS3531 O82O73 1925
- Extent:
- 68 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Printed in black ink with certain pages printed on Imperial Japan or Roma paper; rest of text printed almost entirely on unwatermarked paper of poor quality. Initial letter of each Canto is in red ink, with miniature illustrations, with additional illustrations throughout the book.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- proofs (printed matter), manuscripts (documents), typescripts, and poetry
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 01: Manuscripts - Poetry, File: 3.2
- Fonds Title:
- Ezra Pound collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC096
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/ezra-pound-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2024-04/2024-06
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on EPSON 13000XL. 600 dpi no correction. Metadata by MT.
97. Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, January 19, 1925
- Title:
- Letter from Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, January 19, 1925
- Description:
- Part of a collection of correspondence from renowned early 20th century English printmaker, typeface designer, and sculptor Eric Gill to Clare Pepler, wife of Hilary Pepler. Most of the letters are regarding the end of the friendship between Gill and Hilary Pepler. From the Brocard Sewell fonds. Gill is going to Birmingham to give a lecture.
- Subject:
- Authors, English, Critics, Pepler, Clare, Engravers, Sculptors, Artists, Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, Type designers, Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Printmakers, and Authors
- Creator:
- Gill, Eric, 1882-1940
- Contributor:
- Pepler, Clare
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1925-01-19
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 2 pages
- Geographic Coverage:
- Wales--Abergavenny and England--Hassocks
- Coordinates:
- 50.92814, -0.16617 and 51.82098, -3.01743
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in pencil.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Brocard Sewell Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1996-118; Item: 6
- Fonds Title:
- Brocard Sewell fonds
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC112
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/brocard-sewell-fonds
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-09-26
- Technical Note:
- Metadata and digitization by Rowan O'Brian. Additional metadata by SC.
98. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, July 10, 1925
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, July 10, 1925
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911.
- Subject:
- Authors, American, Poets, Authors, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, and Authors, American--Correspondence
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1925-07-10
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only to the UVic researcher community. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- E.P.C. 77-78
- Extent:
- 1 card
- Geographic Coverage:
- Italy--Rapallo and Massachusetts--Medford
- Coordinates:
- 44.3496, 9.22796 and 42.41843, -71.10616
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Registered letter receipt signed by Pound. [1925]. From Miss K.M. Buss, 44 Bradlie, Medford, Mass. and postmarked Jul. 10 1925. Pound's address is as Via Marsala 12, Int 5, Rapallo, Italy.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 77-78
- Fonds Title:
- Ezra Pound collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC096
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/ezra-pound-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2022-03-16
- Technical Note:
- Metadata by MT.
99. Two worlds monthly, devoted to the increase of the gaiety of nations, Vol. 01, No.'s 01 - 04 (1926-1927)
- Title:
- Two worlds monthly, devoted to the increase of the gaiety of nations, Vol. 01, No.'s 01 - 04 (1926-1927)
- Description:
- Edited by Samuel Roth, a New-York based publisher of literature and erotica, who pirated some of Joyce’s works and was responsible for publication of the first complete, albeit corrupt, text of Ulysses in the United states. After the struggle in getting Ulysses initially published, which resulted in Sylvia Beach's printing in Paris, problems were still not resolved in America. The ban on the book prompted the publication in Samuel Roth's Two World's monthly "an expurgated version of Joyce's Ulysses without the author's permission and without paying for reproduction rights." (The New York Times). In response, 167 authors, including Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Somerset Maugham, and T.S. Eliot, signed a letter of protest in defense of the author. Publishers, seeing how many important people were defending the book, and taking into account its popularity in Two Worlds Monthly began to solicit Joyce for publication of Ulysses in America. After a prolonged battle with Sylvia Beach, who at the time held the rights to publication, Joyce made a deal with Random House. Its appearance in America then sparked the famous court case United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses, where Judge John M. Woolsey decided that "whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses of the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted into the United States." --Manhattan Rare Books Company No. 1 is dedicated to James Joyce with short paragraphs scattered throughout issue from the works of Heinrich Heine and includes the first installment of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 2 is dedicated to Richard Middleton with paragraphs scattered throughout the issue from the works of Ambrose Bierce and includes part two of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 3 is dedicated to Ernst Toller with paragraphs scattered throughout the issue from the works of Remy de Gourmont and includes part three of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 4 is dedicated to Ben Finkle with paragraphs scattered throughout the issue from the works of Charles Baudelaire and includes part three continued of Ulysses by James Joyce.
- Subject:
- English literature, Literature, Modern, Controversial literature, Ulysses (Joyce, James), and Literature
- Contributor:
- Roth, Samuel, 1893-1974
- Publisher:
- New York : Published at the sign of the Mocki-Grisball by Two Worlds Publishing Company, Inc., Five Hundred Fifth Avenue, 1926-1927.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1926/1927
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: AP2 T9862 1927
- Extent:
- 1 volume (514 pages)
- Alternative Title:
- Volume One of Two Worlds Monthly
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Includes Index to the first three volumes. and Five hundred sets of this series have been bound, numbered and signed at the end of the prelude by the editor, this set is No. 65
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- literature (general genre), short stories, books, serials (publications), articles, and periodicals
- Date Digitized:
- 2013
- Technical Note:
- Scanned by PD. Metadata by KD.
100. Two worlds monthly, devoted to the increase of the gaiety of nations, Vol. 02, No.'s 01 - 04 (1926-1927)
- Title:
- Two worlds monthly, devoted to the increase of the gaiety of nations, Vol. 02, No.'s 01 - 04 (1926-1927)
- Description:
- Edited by Samuel Roth, a New-York based publisher of literature and erotica, who pirated some of Joyce’s works and was responsible for publication of the first complete, albeit corrupt, text of Ulysses in the United states. After the struggle in getting Ulysses initially published, which resulted in Sylvia Beach's printing in Paris, problems were still not resolved in America. The ban on the book prompted the publication in Samuel Roth's Two World's monthly "an expurgated version of Joyce's Ulysses without the author's permission and without paying for reproduction rights." (The New York Times). In response, 167 authors, including Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawrence, Somerset Maugham, and T.S. Eliot, signed a letter of protest in defense of the author. Publishers, seeing how many important people were defending the book, and taking into account its popularity in Two Worlds Monthly began to solicit Joyce for publication of Ulysses in America. After a prolonged battle with Sylvia Beach, who at the time held the rights to publication, Joyce made a deal with Random House. Its appearance in America then sparked the famous court case United States vs. One Book Called Ulysses, where Judge John M. Woolsey decided that "whilst in many places the effect of Ulysses of the reader undoubtedly is somewhat emetic, nowhere does it tend to be an aphrodisiac. Ulysses may, therefore, be admitted into the United States." --Manhattan Rare Books Company No. 01 contains short paragraphs scattered throughout taken from the works of Mr. G. Bernard Shaw and contains the fifth installment of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 02 contains short paragraphs scattered throughout from the works of Mr. George Moore and contains the sixth installment of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 03 is dedicated to D.H Lawrence and contains short paragraphs scattered throughout taken from the works of Friedrich Nietzche and contains the seventh installment of Ulysses by James Joyce. No. 04 is dedicated to A.E. Coppard and contains short paragraphs scattered throughout taken from the works of Henry D. Thoreau and contains the eighth installment of Ulysses by James Joyce.
- Subject:
- English literature, Literature, Modern, Controversial literature, Ulysses (Joyce, James), and Literature
- Contributor:
- Roth, Samuel, 1893-1974
- Publisher:
- New York : Published at the sign of the Mocki-Grisball by Two Worlds Publishing Company, Inc., Five Hundred Fifth Avenue, 1926-1927.
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1926/1927
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
- License:
- This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Identifier:
- Call Number: AP2 T9862 1927
- Extent:
- 1 volume (476 pages)
- Alternative Title:
- Two worlds monthly volume two
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- literature (general genre), short stories, serials (publications), articles, and periodicals
- Date Digitized:
- 2013
- Technical Note:
- Scanned by PD. Metadata by KD.