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)
661. Feb 9th Sunday
- Title:
- Feb 9th 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:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985 and Authors, English
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-02-09
- 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-1-353
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-09.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 9th Sunday Cold wind: but not quite so cold. Karl returned. Wrote to Harrison Smith, F & F, Honor etc. Tea to Junyers, where after a long talk we saw Clotilde's pictures on the way to Barcelona Exhibition & bought one (price unknown) of two cab roix cab roig fish against young geraniums. In the evening I translated a passage of Boethius into English, and the same passage into English from K.Alfred's Anglo-Saxon version: for Epilogue translation study. At 66: got a double-tailor – the first ever scored.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
662. Feb 10 Monday.
- Title:
- Feb 10 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:
- 1936-02-10
- 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-1-354
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-10.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 10 Monday. Work on Translation . Karl typing again. Then on R.G. part of T.E. book, checking typescript. In afternoon Medora, Tia (with apples) and Medora's sister came. Laura's Humour & Poetry . Checked it from typing & it went off to James. Really sweet letter from Sam at Folkestone. Juan , Magdalena & Anita to chicken-supper. Juan has cleared 8 pesetas a day with the Sala since he started. On T.E. again until 12.30 am.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
663. Feb 11 Tuesday
- Title:
- Feb 11 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:
- 1936-02-11
- 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-1-355
- 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_1936-02-11.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 11 Tuesday T.E. again. Wrote to L.H. Letter from Vyvyan Richards saying sending the relevant passage soon. Laura had first part of Honor's novel – looks good. To Can Madó where deposito is being heightened by 1 metre or so. Hot day. No brasero needed. Margarita called home by a fishy-looking letter. Cat. thinks she won't return. Finished T.E. with a note about his Irishness. Working on Translations again until 2 a.m. or so.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
664. Feb 12 Wednesday. Karl's birthday.
- Title:
- Feb 12 Wednesday. Karl's birthday.
- 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:
- 1936-02-12
- 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-1-356
- 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_1936-02-12.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 12 Wednesday. Karl's birthday. Cure really seems effective at last after 38 days or so. Read first chapter of Honor's Woman Who Never Lived & liked it very much after L's going over. Went through Karl's checks of Schwarz's Almost Forgotten Germany & corrected. Checked Gordon's Enthusiasm and Karl's Advertising . Sent £5.5 to Buxlon for T.E. memorial. Note to L.H. enclosing Irishness note. Hot day; with mist from the sea swimming up & retiring: eventually everything clouded over. Laura feeling blue; doing Poetry & Philosophy Translation notes again. Checked typescript of English & Welsh Ecc H. Margarita wired nada grave .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
665. Feb 13 Thursday
- Title:
- Feb 13 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:
- 1936-02-13
- 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-1-357
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-13.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 13 Thursday Publication day of Moons no Fool & Mistake Somewhere . Expected Margarita but she did not arrive. Maria Font Fresc expects to get M's job if a vacancy occurs: difficult because she is shortsighted. Took tin oven bought from a travelling tin smith up to Posada. Translation all day: finished. Letter from David, & nice ones to L & me from Joän Junyer. Carabinero 's son had accident to head. Médico gambling in Palma: sent for & arrived 3 1/2 hours late. Trouble brewing. Seb. transplanted scabious.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
666. Feb 14 Friday.
- Title:
- Feb 14 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:
- 1936-02-14
- 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-1-358
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-14.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 14 Friday. Laura apparently worked until five this morning. I read another ch[apter] of Honor's novel & liked it very much. Letter from one Schwartz asking about T.E. stuff for sale. I replied must get A.W.L's permission, & wrote to A.W.L. Letter to L.H. suggesting our book in 2 parts. Margarita did not return. Went to see Castañer's bancal at Can Renau. Election meetings tonight at Castañer's left, & Medicos on Alcalde 's right. Wrote to Mr Neale of Islip. Laura tactfully discouraged Maria de sa Font Fresc.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
667. Feb 15 Sat.
- Title:
- Feb 15 Sat.
- 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:
- 1936-02-15
- 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-1-359
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-15.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 15 Sat. Margarita returned rather drunken looking with a cock & bull story. Laura dismissed her. Maria Murciana working. Read the rest of Honor's novel start. Also reading Eliot & taking notes. McCormacks to lunch, then walk to Hotel where had tea. Hot sun. Election excitement in village: meetings: voting tomorrow. Orange blossom out. Asphodels. Took cuttings from Junyer's garden: snowball tree, roses, honeysuckle, a different geranium etc. Planted them. The Mayor went to Left meeting to see that no libels were uttered. Castañer said, “ Señor Alcalde, how can you think that we would libel this beautiful village with its excellent sanitary system, admirable medical service and progressive council?”
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
668. Feb 16 Election day Sunday.
- Title:
- Feb 16 Election day 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:
- 1936-02-16
- 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-1-360
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-16.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 16 Election day Sunday. Start cure again tomorrow after 4 days to make sure. Nice letter from Ward about Focus . Went over Honor checks with Laura, & end of my Stealing and my note on Enthusiasm and Chapter II of Antigua . Mary wrote promising to attend auction on the 18th. Karl at Soller, which is plastered with hand-designed Socialist posters. Laura also going over Schwarz stuff: asking me questions. Solomon's mouth much better. Walk, solo, to Salerosa to postpone Wednesday fixture – drive to Cala Ratxada. Francisquita came: now eleven years old.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
669. Feb 17 Monday
- Title:
- Feb 17 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:
- 1936-02-17
- 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-1-361
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-17.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 17 Monday No rain; no fires last two days. Another ch[apter] (3) of Antigua gone through. Faber wants to cut out tea-bucket story of O.S.S. I wrote a stinker in reply. And wrote also to R. Checking various typings. To Can Mado where raising of deposito parapet is 3/4 done. Rumours of a Left Wing landslide in election: confirmed at night. Letters to Sam & David. Laura going over Schwarz stuff with me: frequent consultations.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
670. Feb 18 Tuesday.
- Title:
- Feb 18 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:
- 1936-02-18
- 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-1-362
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-02-18.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Feb 18 Tuesday. Went over A.F.G. with Laura. Karl typed Stealing : checked. L.H. sent original mss of T.E. stuff: replaced it with rest. Wrote to Watt that when A.L. gave permission would ask him to sell it at 10% comm[ission] at reserve £3000, 15% to £4000, 20% £5000. Transcopied [Chapter] 2 of Antigua . Gelat pleased with election: he helped get 60 Left votes which will be rewarded perhaps when Lefts are in power – a Left Governor General for example. Made a double tailor after falling down on one yesterday.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.