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)
Works (3033)
11. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, [1909?]
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, [1909?]
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911. After the publication of Personae, (April?) and before Exultations (October). This leaf is a resumé probably intended by Pound for a dust jacket. Pound describes himself as a "Troubadour, ... Fellow in Romanics (sic) ... [and] Lecturer to Regent St. Polytechnic". His publications consist of "'Personae', poems printed privately or abroad, magazine articles, etc. Recreations: Fencing Tennis, etc. Address cr. Elkin Mathews, Vigo St."
- Subject:
- Authors, Authors, American, Poets, Authors, American--Correspondence, and Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909?
- 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. 74
- Extent:
- 1 leaf ; 27 x 21 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Holograph manuscript, undated. [1909?]. No watermark, unlined. Date: 1909?
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 74
- 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.
12. Personae - Corrected page proofs of Gallup A3
- Title:
- Personae - Corrected page proofs of Gallup A3
- Description:
- There are four sets of page proofs, three of them corrected by the author. The first two sets were issued on 13.3.09, while the second two bear the date 19.3.09. In each case, one set was probably kept by the author and the second submitted to the publisher "for the printer". These proofs afford an excellent record of the author's attention to all details, even the fine points of layout and spacing, and also to the development of the collection as a whole. Pound added four poems in the proof stage: two to fill up blank spaces in the text; "Tally-O" and "Search", and two at the end, "And Thus in Nineveh" and "The White Stag". Some of the accidental corrections are suggested by proofreader's queries, but almost all the substantives appear to be the author's. Some notes on the back of an envelope (E.P.C. 50) appear to be Elkin Mathews' corrections to the second set of proofs, and one of these becomes a substantive in the third set of proofs. For variants see "Personae: From Manuscript to Print" [Studies in Bibl. 1981].
- Subject:
- Literature, Authorship, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Authors, American, Authors, Poets, American, and Poets
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909
- 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 O82P4 1909
- Extent:
- 254 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten or typescript in black or blue ink, sometimes with notes in pencil
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- poetry, manuscripts (documents), proofs (printed matter), and typescripts
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 01: Manuscripts - Poetry, File: 3.1
- 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.
13. Personae - Manuscripts, typescripts, of Gallup A3
- Title:
- Personae - Manuscripts, typescripts, of Gallup A3
- Description:
- The archive consists of virtually all the manuscripts used for printing Personae: the first fifteen poems were probably printed from a marked copy of A Lume Spento. There are ninety-eight pages of holograph manuscripts, some being notes on the versos, and eleven pages of corrected typescripts. Of the thirty-three poems in the 1909 edition of Personae, there are eighteen present: five exist in one draft, eleven in two drafts, and two in three drafts. Pencil markings denote the printer's copy-text drafts of all eighteen poems. The worksheets are sometimes initial drafts and sometimes obvious redraftings transcribed from earlier compositions. The manuscripts begin with "Praise of Ysolt" (p. 28 of the published book) and of the poems which follow, only "Comraderie [Camaraderie]", "Masks", "Ballad for Gloom" and "For E. McC." are lacking (all these latter had already been published in A Lume Spento). The versos of the manuscripts contain an interesting variety of notes, a draft of "Roundel" (not published in Pound's lifetime) and what appears to be an early plan for the book (E.P. Po. 76). Of the variants present in the manuscripts, the most interesting are the notes that Pound cut from the text and particularly from the appendix "Notes on New Poems". For variants see "Personae: From Manuscript to Print", [Studies in Bibliography, Dec. 1981].
- Subject:
- Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Literary collections, Literature, Authors, American, Poets, American, Authors, Authorship, and Poets
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909
- 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.Po.1-E.P.Po.107
- Extent:
- 104 leaves
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten in black ink
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- poetry, proofs (printed matter), manuscripts (documents), and typescripts
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 01: Manuscripts - Poetry, File: 2.1 - 2.4
- 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.
14. Exultations of Ezra Pound - Marked page proofs of Gallup A4
- Title:
- Exultations of Ezra Pound - Marked page proofs of Gallup A4
- Description:
- The first two gatherings (pp. 1-32) are lightly corrected by the printer and marked "2".
- Subject:
- Literature, Poets, American, Authorship, Authors, American, Authors, Literary collections, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), and Poets
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909-01-10
- 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:
- Call Number: PS3531 O82E9 1909
- Extent:
- 32 pages
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Handwritten corrections in black ink
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- manuscripts (documents), typescripts, poetry, and proofs (printed matter)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 01: Manuscripts - Poetry, File: 2.8
- 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.
15. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, February 20, 1909
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, February 20, 1909
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911. The letter apologizes for not having been able to "see the poems by Ezra Pound", ..."due to numerous political engagements" and thus not "accede to your request". [i.e., probably meaning to put up money for the publication of Personae, or at least write an introduction].
- Subject:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Authors, American--Correspondence, Authors, American, Poets, and Authors
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909-02-20
- 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. 76
- Extent:
- 1 leaf ; 22.5 x 18 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Holograph letter, dated February 20th, 1909. From George King, secretary to George Wyndham, to Elkin Mathews, watermarked: "J. Whatman".
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 76
- 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.
16. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, March 19, 1909
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, March 19, 1909
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911. The verso has notes relating to Personae second proofs which are probably in Mathews' hand.
- Subject:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Authors, American--Correspondence, Authors, American, Poets, and Authors
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909-03-19
- 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. 49-50
- Extent:
- 1 envelope ; 27.5 x 20 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--Manchester and England--Chorleywood
- Coordinates:
- 51.65472, -0.51404 and 53.48095, -2.23743
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Addressed to Elkin Mathews with the letterhead "P.M. Barnard M.A., 85 Bridge Street,Manchester". Postmarked Mr.19.09 [the exact date of the second set of Personae proofs].
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 49-50
- 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.
17. Letter from Ezra Pound to St. John Adcock, October 1909
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to St. John Adcock, October 1909
- Description:
- Adcock was a poet, novelist, and editor. He was editor of The Bookman and it is probably in this connection that he first came to know Pound. [Provenance: James F. Drake, Rare Books, Autographs.] This letter asks Adcock to make an appointment to photograph Pound.
- Subject:
- Authors, Authors, American, Poets, Authors, American--Correspondence, and Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Adcock, Arthur St. John, 1864-1930
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1909-10
- 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. 137
- Extent:
- 1 leaf ; 25 x 20 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Folded holograph letter, signed, undated [Oct. 1908 - Oct. 1909?]. Watermark "PIONEER/FINE", from 10 Rowan Road, Hammersmith.
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.11
- 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.
18. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, 1910
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, 1910
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911. The card brings Mathews up to date on news and his health as well as confirming arrangements "to be in London in June and ... cast my bard's eye on the printer's misdeeds." i.e. [Spirit of Romance]?
- Subject:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Authors, American--Correspondence, Authors, American, Poets, and Authors
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1910-03-21?
- 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. 53-54
- Extent:
- 1 leaf ; 14 x 9 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- England--London and Italy--Lake Garda
- Coordinates:
- 51.50853, -0.12574 and 45.66667, 10.68333
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Holograph postcard, initialed. [1910]. Ink holograph, postmarked [21] MA[] 19[10] from "Hotel Eden/Sirmione/Lago di Gorden." to Elkin Mathews Esq., 6b Vigo St., London W., Ingleterra."
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 53-54
- 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.
19. Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, November 30, 1910
- Title:
- Letter from Ezra Pound to Elkin Mathews, November 30, 1910
- Description:
- Book dealer and Pound's English publisher. Correspondence mainly concerning the publication of Canzoni, 1911. Letter accompanying Ms. of Canzoni discussing time of publication, colour of binding, number of proofs, the "botch" of Provenca. "Book [Provenca] sent under separate cover. Contains poems 1-13 incl."
- Subject:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Authors, American--Correspondence, Authors, American, Poets, and Authors
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Contributor:
- Mathews, Elkin, 1851-1921
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1910-11-30
- 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. 55-57
- Extent:
- 3 leaves ; 33 x 20 cm
- Geographic Coverage:
- New York (State)--New York
- Coordinates:
- 40.71427, -74.00597
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Folded holograph letter, initialed. Dated Nov. 30 [1910]. Ink holograph, watermarked: "Trade Bond", dated New York Nov. 30 [1910].
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- letters (correspondence) and correspondence
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 03: Correspondence, File: 1.8, Item: 55-57
- 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.
20. "A prologue" - Manuscript of Gallup C23
- Title:
- "A prologue" - Manuscript of Gallup C23
- Description:
- Page 115 verso has note: "Extra Expense for Christmas Cover", "Prologue, Ezra Pound, 126 Greenwich Ave., New York City", "50.00", "for Christmas 1910 cover", "10/31/10"; on p. 111 recto "Printed copy of this to follow". "A Prologue" was reprinted in Canzoni (Gallup A7), 1911, p. 34 (with an additional four lines added at the end). A letter from Pound to Elkin Mathews, E.P.C. 65, refers to four lines to be added to "A Prologue" and it appears probable that this manuscript came through Elkin Mathews as well.
- Subject:
- Authorship, Authors, American, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Poets, Literature, Authors, and Poets, American
- Creator:
- Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1911
- 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.Po.111-E.P.Po.115 and EP CP111-EP CP115, EP C58
- Extent:
- 5 pages ; 21.6 x 27.9 cm
- Additional Physical Characteristics:
- Holograph in black ink, unlined, folded and signed. Watermarks: four pages "E[]rie Bond" paper, one page "Commercial Linen"
- Physical Repository:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Collection:
- Ezra Pound Collection
- Provider:
- University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
- Genre:
- typescripts, manuscripts (documents), poetry, and proofs (printed matter)
- Archival Item Identifier:
- Series 01: Manuscripts - Poetry, File: 2.7
- 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.