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)
991. Friday Dec 11th
- Title:
- Friday Dec 11th
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-11
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-661
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-11.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Friday Dec 11th Going over Lawrence typescript. Had to write 3 letters in all to Nancy and 1 phone call: re Jenny's treatment at Bath or elsewhere. Harry Kemp came from Germany. Parcel of special Christmas food from Switzerland. Supp Dinner: Henry & Rebecca, Maisie, Alan, L and I. Afterwards to Maisie's and heard the King 'Prince Edward' broadcast his message in an angry, tragic, vulgar voice. Allowed Mary 2 cigarettes, but no real desire to smoke myself. Bought Laura puzzlebox for 2/6. Karl changed his flat to 7 Dorset St.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
992. Saturday Dec 12
- Title:
- Saturday Dec 12
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-12
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-662
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-12.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Saturday Dec 12 Going over Lawrence typescript. David came: took him out shopping (because Saturday) in Tottenham Court Road. Laura still stuck over proofs: she went to Doctor: reassured about heart & throat. To supper with Nan & Wilfred just back from Spain, not a success. Interrupted by phone from Nancy, who can do nothing at Bath; thinks Jenny should come up to London.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
993. Sunday Dec 13
- Title:
- Sunday Dec 13
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-13
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-663
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-13.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sunday Dec 13 Finished Lawrence typescript. Laura still on proofs of Troy . Allen and Karl to lunch: Allen has done 3 chapters of his novel ' Year of Damage ' Making out Constable list. Walk in Park with Allen: took a canoe on the Serpentine with him: 1/6 an hour in late afternoon smoky sunset, swans, gulls, sailboats, gloomy trees. Started up boil again. Dinner with Mary & Bill Fuller. Hay diet and strawberry ice. Very quiet & nice. Sketched out Bill's legal novel for him: the title 'Greek Wedding'. Have smoked one cigarette since Thursday.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
994. Monday Dec 14
- Title:
- Monday Dec 14
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-14
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-664
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-14.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Monday Dec 14 Met Nancy & Jenny at Paddington. Straight to see Mac Ellicott. Was out. Lunch at Canuto's. Back. Settled Jenny in. Laura had tooth stopped: by gas. Told anaesthetician as she came too to how grateful for first real rest for weeks. Honor & Nancy met and Allan Alan. Nancy & Alan to supper. Went with Nancy to Betty Colquhoun's flat: there met Margaret Frazer. Wrote to Jenny, late.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
995. Tuesday Dec 15
- Title:
- Tuesday Dec 15
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-15
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-665
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-15.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Tuesday Dec 15 Nancy went off, after coming round to flat. Letters. Visit to Jenny, who was very quiet and glad to see me. Robin Hale to tea: rather hopeless, just off to Poland. Alan getting on well with novel. Maisie's to supper: Joyce Forde and afterwards Professors Forde; & Childe (the ugliest man in London including W. Rothenstein) who had bad voices and bad manners. J.F., Violet, Douglas, West also. Low grade talk about traffic problems . and a field-work film which the professors were showing each other leaving everyone else in the dark.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
996. Wed Dec 16th + 14 = 30
- Title:
- Wed Dec 16th + 14 = 30
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-16
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-666
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-16.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Wed Dec 16th + 14 = 30 Reading Troy proofs: and going over them with Laura. In afternoon to Jenny: happier. L. came too. Korda rang up: 'in 3 or 4 days'. Mrs Lloyd & Biddy to tea. Also Audrey Beecham: first time to see us. Later met her and Neil Hutchison (B.B.C. Relations dept) at Café Royale. Stomach ache, but worked with Laura, after, until 2.30. Today, Eden's reassuring statement about Spanish integrity.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
997. Thursday Dec 17th
- Title:
- Thursday Dec 17th
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-17
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-667
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-17.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Thursday Dec 17th Proofs of Trojan Ending . Injection. Audrey Harlow Beecham restless, nice girl: long talk with Laura In afternoon saw Jenny, who gave specimen pages of her play for us to read. Refugee contract: no mention of L., so L wrote to K. Tea with Sally at 5 Hereford Square. Discussion of history: history as morality, and repetitive morality. Harry & Alix: Came at 9 stayed until 12.15. Laura feeling bad with mild flu. I took aconite & staved off a flu feeling too.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
998. Friday Dec 18
- Title:
- Friday Dec 18
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-18
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-668
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection and Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-18.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Friday Dec 18 Met Sam at Charing Cross & found Catherine at flat when I came back. Took them Christmas shopping in neighbourhood. Sam gave me red leather note case, & Catherine a key ring. Sam gave Laura Red Geranium scent – Catherine a small steel box with a blue agate top. Karl took them to Ward to be photographed, then Laura took them for more shopping, then I saw them off to Wiltshire, in same carriage with Biddy Lloyd. To Dentist for stopping that had come out. Black rang up to apologise for contract affair. Norman to supper. No more appetite for cigarettes.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
999. Letter from E.M. Forster to Alec Randall, December 18, 1936
- Title:
- Letter from E.M. Forster to Alec Randall, December 18, 1936
- Description:
- Part of a collection of letters written by E.M. Forster to Sir Alec Randall. They concern, firstly, his trip to Rumania, where he stayed with the Randalls; a tour in France in 1928; and his journey home. Later letters include references to such literary people as Herbert Read, Harold Monro and T.S. Eliot, plus a mention of reading James Joyce's "Ulysses". He also refers to his visit to Africa and his sentiments about the Spanish Civil War and W.W.II. Most of the later letters are signed "Morgan". E. M. Forster was born in London. He is principally known as a novelist and was associated with the Bloomsbury Group, which included Virginia Woolf. Among his best known works are "A Room With A View" (1911) and "A Passage To India" (1924). Many of his novels have been dramatized. He also wrote short stories, drama, non-fiction and criticism. He died at King's College, Cambridge, where he had resided since the mid 1940s. His friend, Sir Alec Randall was with the British legation in Bucharest, Rumania, and was later appointed to serve in Rome. Forster discusses his health and his work.
- Subject:
- Ambassadors, Novelists, English, Novelists, Diplomatic and consular service, Authors, Authors, English--Correspondence, Randall, Alec, 1892-, Diplomats, Literature, Modern, Authors, English, Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970, and Modernism (Literature)
- Creator:
- Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970
- Contributor:
- Randall, Alec, 1892-
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-18
- 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
- Identifier:
- EMF 16-19
- Extent:
- 4 pages ; 17.5 x 22.6 cm ; 17.8 x 22.4 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Abinger Hammer
- Coordinates:
- 51.2166, -0.4329
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in black ink.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- E.M. Forester Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- correspondence and letters (correspondence)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1976-003
- Fonds Title:
- E. M. Forster collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC099
- Is_referenced_by:
- Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/e-m-forster-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2021-10-22
- Technical Note:
- Scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 DPI, images cropped & resized for Vault to be under 35MB by PD. Metadata by SC.
1000. Sat Dec 19
- Title:
- Sat Dec 19
- Description:
- Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- Subject:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-12-19
- Rights Statement:
- In Copyright
- License:
- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
- Resource Type:
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
- Extent:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- diaries
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-669
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-12-19.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sat Dec 19 Proofs of Troy all day. To Belleville. Jenny silly again about P.M. Got angry. Laura wrote to N.N. about her and a strong letter to Jenny herself. Alan manfully doing his 10 pages a day. Nice note from Korda. Rheumatic shoulder.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.