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)
1321. Sept 22 Wednesday
- Title:
- Sept 22 Wednesday
- 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:
- 1937-09-22
- 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-1-948
- 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_1937-09-22.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 22 Wednesday Alan sent Malala's & Theophanes Latin accounts of the Nika riots so I had to rewrite Chapter X & add 3 pages to it. C.S.Evans sent a present of six Loebs (Fronto, Jerome, Claudian 2, Eusebius 2). We went in the car to Holmbury St Mary & walked on Hurtwood Hill – bracken, whortleberries, gorse, heather, New Zealand (?) pines, elephants ear, logan berries & had drinks at the Royal Oak. Laura working on 'allegiance' recommendation. 3 pages of Chapter XI Belisarius .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1322. Sept 23 Thursday
- Title:
- Sept 23 Thursday
- 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:
- 1937-09-23
- 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-1-949
- 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_1937-09-23.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 23 Thursday Best day this year. 8 pages Belisarius Chapter XI in morning. Walk to Cranleigh and bus back: only shirt & trousers. M. Hache plus silencieux que jamais, après une promenade de vingt-deux milles . Feeling that Spanish situation will soon be cleared up: the Troncoso case has just come up come to light. Alan sent Atlas and more information. Laura finished allegiance recommendation. 5 pages Belisarius in evening.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1323. Sept 24 Friday.
- Title:
- Sept 24 Friday.
- 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:
- 1937-09-24
- 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-1-950
- 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_1937-09-24.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 24 Friday. My corduroy trousers came. Laura in bed all morning: once more the publishing question owing to disappointment with Seizin sales. We decided to get some money together and start a school in Deyá. 7 pages of Belisarius . In afternoon L. was exhausted after a long talk with H. and went to bed and had no supper.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1324. Sept 25 Saturday
- Title:
- Sept 25 Saturday
- 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:
- 1937-09-25
- 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-1-951
- 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_1937-09-25.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 25 Saturday Heavy bad day. Laura still in bed & had no breakfast or lunch. Alix sat & talked with her, & so did I. 2 pages of Belisarius . Invented a marble game: same as other but with [figure: sketch of marble board and arrangement of marbles] this arrangement which makes moves very different. Laura ate supageser & she talked to Harry & me about the teaching of mathematics I went to Cranleigh by bus & back in the mist, getting wet in the woods. Three versions of a poem called The Grudge In Cranleigh I bought Laura an old English drinking glass (9/-)to take the place of the one Karl broke while I was in Hospital.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1325. Sept 26 Sunday
- Title:
- Sept 26 Sunday
- 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:
- 1937-09-26
- 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-1-952
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-09-26.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 26 Sunday More work on Grudge & Laura passed it. Laura in bed all day: talk again about publishing situation. And in evening with Alix & Harry. I went for a walk on Hurtwood Hill & got lost in a wood & had to guess my way home by the sun.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1326. Sept 27 Monday.
- Title:
- Sept 27 Monday.
- 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:
- 1937-09-27
- 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-1-953
- 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_1937-09-27.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 27 Monday. Funny day. Hot & dull. 1) I had a letter from A.G. to whom Charles & Peggy had accused me of starving Jenny. I wrote to Jenny, ordering her to break with Charles unless he apologised & retracted, and to A.G. informing her of this. 2) Laura after a long break, looking very pale started work, but didn't get far. 3). Karl has been told by Marie that she doesn't like us enough for her to want to marry him: & given notice. 4) Alix had customs troubles over cheese. 5) Harry's tutored pupil flunked again. 6). Sweet letters from Lucie – Tom now Commissar of Culture for Time . 7) Solace was away 20 hours. 8) I twice hit the target, once with an Indian arrow. 9) Mr. Burt gave us heather wine. 10) Harry, Karl & I to Dorking: where by a ruse I got the Highcroft advertisement from Cubitt & West the agent which said 2 ¼ guineas not the 3 ¼ we have paid: & then to Down Scott & Down for legal advice. They said no action lay; but there was a further fraud about paying Mr. Burt in which we had right on our side. 11.) I did 14 pages of Belisarius chapter 11. 12) Talked to Laura (who has been busy straightening Karl out) about Seizin Company.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1327. Sept 28 Tuesday
- Title:
- Sept 28 Tuesday
- 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:
- 1937-09-28
- 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-1-954
- 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_1937-09-28.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 28 Tuesday Yesterday's queerness continued until the early morning: two bats got into Harry's room & mine, Solace had a lover, everyone woke up at 3 & we drank heather-wine in Laura's bedroom & talked, I showed Laura how to deal directly with burglars, Laura advised me to change the outlook of Belisarius from Antonina to a eunuch, Alix's father died at Nürnberg. 11 pages Belisarius (end of Chapter XI beginning of XII) letters, walk to Cranleigh & back in the car with Harry & Alix after a haircut. Revising Belisarius to change authorship. Marie decided to stay, after a sensible talk with Laura. Laura doing letters: working with Harry: a poem.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1328. Sept 29 Wed.
- Title:
- Sept 29 Wed.
- 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:
- 1937-09-29
- 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-1-955
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-09-29.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 29 Wed. Announced as a lucky day for Capricornists (Laura etc) by Petulengro: but shortly after breakfast she had violent colic pains, & almost sent for a doctor. I went over typed Belisarius but most of day was with Laura. Bus to Cranleigh, where I bought camomile for Laura, & walked back. Alix also rather ill: nerves: with repercussions. On the way home from Cranleigh the little girl who had two days ago said 'That fat man' and whom I had corrected with 'I am tall, not fat' said 'That fat man again.' Laura did nothing but finish a poem ' Seizure of the World '. It was a lovely day, for weather. Reading that awful Jerome's letters.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1329. Log Entries for Letters from 29 August - 30 September 1937
- Title:
- Log Entries for Letters from 29 August - 30 September 1937
- 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:
- 1937-09-30
- 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-1-956
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1937-09-30_log.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Log Entries for Letters from 29 August - 30 September 1937 Letters and Phone-calls. Sunday. Aug 29th. To Daily Telegraph (letter) Monday Aug 30th. To Julie; Margaret Russell; Rennes; Watt with agreement; Mary Lucy, about crows in her field. Tuesday, Aug 31st To Catherine N.; Jenny about flat, refusing guarantee; to David, Catherine, Sam in answer to theirs. Wed. Sept 1. Phone-call with Jenny: about flat: discouraging. Thursday Sept 2. Postcard to Allen about trousers. To J.F. about insurance. Friday. Sept 3 — Sat. Sept 4. To Allen agreeing about trousers; to W. McCormack (insurance & letter; paying Dr. Easter for Jenny & asking if there were 2 consultations); to Watt about Lawrence book (will he do what is best now Cape has turned down the limited edition) Sunday 5 – Monday 6 To John Lucy: amicable but stern about no separate relation from Laura. Tuesday 7 To Strenge. Wed 8 Sam; postcard to Neill (insurance): one Robert Andrea regarding a point in Claudius . C.S.Evans regarding Loeb: night telegram of congratulation to Marguerite: to Alix about McCormacks & visit. Thurs. 9 To Alix with season ticket. To Jenny. To A.G. Paid Epps Thatcher. Friday 10 – Sat 11 – Sunday 12 To Nancy for her birthday. Sunday 19 — Monday 20 To A.G., to Jens Jensen. Tuesday 21. To Watt: enclosing letter to Scottish Provident guaranteeing that I am myself. Thurs 23 To Midland Bank Curzon St regarding Jenny's account To Jenny. (And phone call). To Moraima of Spain (brandy). Monday 27 To Jenny, A.G., N.N.: all about the Charles libel. Tuesday 28. To Evans thanking for Loebs: to Alan about Agathias etc. Wed 29. To A.G. about Charles again: to Catherine. Thurs 30. To Dulan & Brough: ordering books.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1330. Sept 30 Thursday.
- Title:
- Sept 30 Thursday.
- 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:
- 1937-09-30
- 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-1-956
- 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_1937-09-30.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sept 30 Thursday. Better health day. Laura at work again on Letter Book . Lovely weather and talk most of morning on whether to go to France or stay in England: decision to withold decision for a month. 19 pages Belisarius Chapter XII Walk from Cranleigh: have reduced my weight a lot. Triangular marble contests, new style, between Alix, Harry & myself. Laura wearing her best red & green brocaded skirt & I my new brown corduroys.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.