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)
1501. Jan 25 Tuesday
- Title:
- Jan 25 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:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-25
- 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-1-1073
- 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_1938-01-25.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 25 Tuesday I went for a walk across the Park, a very sunny wet morning, and fetched from Mr. Mills a gilt frame I had bought for 7/6 – also 6 Spanish tortoiseshell combs for 6d , 2 more butter pats, and an offer to visit the East End with Mr. Mills. I sent a rug (early Victorian 3/-) and two small tartan objects) to Lucie. Worked on the article on my cottage ' We are powerless in the Matter ' Norman to supper: did Rimbaud with Laura. Couldn't keep awake beyond 10 o'clock, but woke up at 12 to give Laura her tea.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1502. Jan 26 Tuesday Wednesday. .
- Title:
- Jan 26 Tuesday 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:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-26
- 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-1-1074
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-01-26.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 26 Tuesday Wednesday. . Reading Laura's Letter Book in morning; then she went over chapter14 with me, and my article ' We are powerless in the matter ' – the chapter was very sticky and I worked on it until late, not going out. Sent off article. An interruption from 6-8 Mary Lucy and Patrick Hilberry the lawyer, discussing means of stopping the annoyance. He suggested going to War Office. Mary after he left got hysterical at the idea of sending the boys to an elementary school & flew out without a goodbye – later Nan rang up and apologized. About midnight went for a sharp walk to Kilburn.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1503. Jan 27 Thursday
- Title:
- Jan 27 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:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-27
- 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-1-1075
- 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_1938-01-27.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 27 Thursday Chapter XV – a very great lot of changes pointed out by Laura. Working at it all day. Walk to Mr. Mills round Park: took him pearl headdress & earrings to reset. Bought scarf ring 1/6 & shawl pin (paste) 2/6. Sally & Richard to supper. Painstaking talk mostly about furniture & machines. Broke corkscrew on sherry. A little boy terrified at being locked into the Park after closing-time. The Park-keeper cheered him up by taking him along the walk and showing him that he wasn't at all the last – lots more people, including nurses with perambulators.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1504. Jan 28 Friday.
- Title:
- Jan 28 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:
- 1938-01-28
- 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-1-1076
- 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_1938-01-28.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 28 Friday. Took chapters 13 - 15 to Flower (and coin) to Flower; after lunch with Jenny at Rules and a difficult morning with chapter 15 still. Laura after being up to 4.30 slept on until 3.30 or so. Tidied papers; copied across some poem changes from carbon to original, read some of Laura's book. * Began dramatic version of Trojan Ending .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1505. Jan 29 Saturday.
- Title:
- Jan 29 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:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1938-01-29
- 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-1-1077
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-01-29.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 29 Saturday. Alan & Beryl married today. Papa Pritchard very rude to Alan (not a word) & Mama told her she was throwing her life away. Laura did Chapter 16 last night. I went over it in morning. In afternoon bought artificial flower posies in Kilburn for 6d in a second hand shop. Margaret & Montague & Dorothy Simmonds to supper. Then to Alan & Beryl's party at Adelaide Road. Present: Alan, Beryl, Laura, me, Karl, Montagu & Dorothy, Ward & Dorothy, Harry & Alix, Kenneth Allott & Kumari – he spoke to me not to Laura, a horde of undistinguished friends of Beryl's. It was a bottle party; gramophone music but no dancing. The elements did not mix. Laura suggested the thread game, which was played (a tiny stout dentist German Jewish called Bergman competed) and marbles and pitch & toss, which I organized. (I won 12 halfpennies at pitch & toss.) Dorothy & Montague returned early with us and we talked about the use of sculpture: the making of household gods.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1506. Jan 30 Sunday.
- Title:
- Jan 30 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:
- 1938-01-30
- 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-1-1078
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-01-30.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Jan 30 Sunday. Work on Trojan Ending work after walk to Hampstead. heavy neutered cats, pavement-coloured dogs, towering-flats, bright sunlight, Jewish synagogue goers. In afternoon cleared and retidied replaced boxes in the glory hole, taking out things for Laura. Copied out Dorothy Simmonds' thing about sculpture (difficult handwriting for Karl to type) Read some of Laura's book.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1507. Log Entries of Letters for January, 1938Letters
- Title:
- Log Entries of Letters for January, 1938Letters
- 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:
- 1938-01-31
- 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-1-1079
- 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_1938-01-31_log.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Log Entries of Letters for January, 1938 Letters Jan 1. Nancy with cheque. Pension form application. 3. Carlow. Lucie. Sam. Robin Hale. 4 H. Milford. Ribbons & Winder. Pinker. Cable to Haas. 5 Cable to Haas 7 Cribb with cheque for £5.5/- Pension to Bank. Margaret with cheque for bike. 9. Schwarz. Pinker about 'film interview' series. 10. L.C.Knights: Ethel; Anita y Juan; Patrick Hilberry; George Buchanan; bank with draft, Jens Jensen, Dr. Easter (Jenny). 12. Flower. Nancy. Ribbons & W. 13 Wilfred: & copy to Mary Lucy. 15. Miss Mitchell 17 David. 23 Catherine. David. John & Lucie. 25 Robert Haas 26. Lucie. 27. A.M.Heath. A.G. 31 E.E.Harvey.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1508. Monday Feb Jan 31
- Title:
- Monday Feb Jan 31
- 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:
- 1938-01-31
- 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-1-1079
- 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_1938-01-31.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Monday Feb Jan 31 Chapter XVII all day. In evening a talk with Laura: in which the key-word was 'revive'. She is very tired. Harry came at 11.30 to until 1.30 at night, for help on his book. I bought artificial flowers at B.B. Evans in Kilburn & brought back, as an object, a carved lion in oak by a deaf & dumb carpenter called Cohen. But we decided against. To bed at 2.30
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1509. Tuesday, Feb 1.
- Title:
- Tuesday, Feb 1.
- 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:
- 1938-02-01
- 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-1-1080
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1938-02-01.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Tuesday, Feb 1. Sent off 2 chapters by Karl. Trojan Ending and reading over Laura's Letter Book & checking with her. Even Night walk to Kilburn. Artificial flowers giving great pleasure. Laura extremely tired.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
1510. Wed Feb 2
- Title:
- Wed Feb 2
- 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:
- 1938-02-02
- 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-1-1081
- 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_1938-02-02.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Wed Feb 2 All day Belisarius John Lucy sent me a letter (or rather enclosed one to Mary in an envelope to me). (Also Honor had a letter from a mysterious 'J. Coghlan' of Dublin – obviously the same hand). It contained a remark about England & Ireland which should have gone to the War Office. Walk to Kilburn, brought back a Worcester platter for Honor. Laura writing letters. We play Bessie Smith records to drown the songstress next door. She replies reproachfully with Handel's 'Largo'.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.