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)
751. Thursday May 7
- Title:
- Thursday May 7
- 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:
- 1936-05-07
- 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-1-441
- 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_1936-05-07.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Thursday May 7 Working on proofs of A.F.G. all day, and having Laura read me the second part of ' Troy '. Saw Sch & Str. Schw. went a bit mad, scratching at Karl's scarab with a pocket-knife & chipping the design. Rain fell in the night, so I transplanted to the tulip-bed : cardoon thistles, African marigolds, crane's bill: & French marigolds to the other bed. Very nice letter from Jenny, which I answered. She is learning tap-dancing from a negro and doing a lot of understudying.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
752. Friday May 8th
- Title:
- Friday May 8th
- 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:
- 1936-05-08
- 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-1-442
- 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_1936-05-08.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Friday May 8th Finished A.F.G. proofs, except for things to ask Laura. Laura read me Troy all morning. It rained all night and practicaly practically all day. Headache all day. From Bill Fuller, an excellently prepared revision of Chapter XII[,] from L.H. a letter enclosing the T.E. Trustees terms: impossible & insulting. Wrote to L.H. proposing to arrange for American piracy. Worked over revision of Chapter XII pleased to find how little F. had found it necessary to alter. Rain all night. Gelat came to settle account. No news yet of road or of ayuntamiento .
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
753. Sat May 9th.
- Title:
- Sat May 9th.
- 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:
- 1936-05-09
- 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-1-443
- 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_1936-05-09.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sat May 9th. Rosa came: given shirts to make for me of the Bonet old linen lengths. Worked on Chapter XII, breaking it up into three chapters. Still slight headache. Heavy weather, with rain & thunder. Slight walk with Solomon by Son Bujosa hill. Signed income tax claim, sending off Barker contracts with it, as Ribbons & Winder asked. With Karl to Posada, where hung up picture & did small jobs, glueing etc. Syringa flowering there. Miguel came to-day to screen the kitchen remaining windows of Can Torrent & Canellun. Sticking in inserts in the three new chapters, as Karl types. Fountain pen back: perfectly good.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
754. Sunday May 10th
- Title:
- Sunday May 10th
- 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:
- 1936-05-10
- 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-1-444
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-05-10.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Sunday May 10th Sweated out a cold last night with rum & hot orange water. Rained again all night. Planted some self sown cranes-bill. A lot of dahlias are coming up, planted self-sown. Others eaten by slugs. Wrote tentative foreword for Antigua & went over Karl's typing of the new chapters. Laura reading proofs of Epilogue II . The espalier roses at their best. First love-in-the-mist out. All getting so fed up with Catalina. Strawberries starting. Everything very late that wasn't very early. Pears not even budding yet, most of them. To Posada and hung up the tela in the comidor comedor . Finished the three chapters of Ant. and included in the typescript. Reading Epilogue proofs after Laura. Eyes very tired.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
755. Monday. May 11
- Title:
- Monday. May 11
- 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:
- 1936-05-11
- 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-1-445
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-05-11.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Monday. May 11 * Gelat made Mayor by Governor General with 6 councillors. Fine day. Reading Epilogue : half way by afternoon. (To sea with Solomon. Torrent very full.) Went over Schw. A.F.G. points with Laura & wrote letters to Constable with her. Schw. A.F.G. went off. Eyes very tired. To bed earlyish.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
756. Tuesday May 12
- Title:
- Tuesday May 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:
- Authors, English and Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Creator:
- Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
- Language:
- eng
- Date Created:
- 1936-05-12
- 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-1-446
- 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_1936-05-12.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Tuesday May 12 Eyes very tired. Have reached galley 76 in Epilogue (3/4 of the way) and done a little Convalescent Conversations . Burdekin book came. Roses at their best. No sign of any pinks yet, & few carnations. Walked round the village via stepping-stones & Son Bujosa. The stepping-stones were under water but Solomon rushed bravely over. Boira & flies. Said goodbye to Schw & Str. who are going to Switzerland for ten days. Made out money-prospects. This T.E. business has made a lot of difference to them.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
757. Saint Robert's Day Wednesday, May 13.
- Title:
- Saint Robert's Day Wednesday, May 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:
- 1936-05-13
- 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-1-447
- 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_1936-05-13.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Saint Robert's Day Wednesday, May 13. Finished reading Epilogue . Half way with Convalescent Conversations . Went over Epilogue with Laura [;] Karl transcopying in next room. Just got it off in time. Gelat came & told us of his mayoral initiation: the new minister of War, vice Masqualet, is Quiroga, the Prime Minister, a friend of Ques. Letter from Cooke about Ant stamp-collections, with four suggestions: otherwise finds it O.K. Made the necessary adjustments in the chapter.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
758. Thursday May 14th.
- Title:
- Thursday May 14th.
- 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:
- 1936-05-14
- 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-1-448
- Fonds Title:
- Robert Graves collection
- Fonds Identifier:
- SC050
- Is_referenced_by:
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1936-05-14.html and Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Thursday May 14th. Finished checking Convalescent Conversations . Hot boiratic day. To sea. Found yellow sea-poppies growing by fishermen's huts. Did not feel like bathing. Begonia flowering. Last of artichokes, first dish of strawberries. Pears starting to leaf: one not even started yet. Insert for Ant : of Sir James Hamm's dreams. On return from village Fabrica made myself consciously aware of noises. No human cries, barking dogs, or cars or bicycles. 3 nightingales, two pondsful of frogs, dozens of cicadas, three flocks of sheep-bells, baa-ing of four sheep, church clock chiming. Nicholas has a bad paw.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
759. Friday May 15th
- Title:
- Friday May 15th
- 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:
- 1936-05-15
- 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-1-449
- 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_1936-05-15.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Friday May 15th Went over Convalescent Conversations with Laura and sent off. Hot clear day. Eyes more rested. Insert for Antigua about Dr. Parmesan. Bill Fuller has got typescript and is attending to it. Laura broke off tooth. Must go to Palma tomorrow.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.
760. Saturday. May 16th
- Title:
- Saturday. May 16th
- 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:
- 1936-05-16
- 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-1-450
- 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_1936-05-16.html
- Date Digitized:
- 2002-07-19
- Transcript:
- Saturday. May 16th To Palma : not much to do. Paid debt at Pomar, bought 4 pesetas tray at Gelabert's (behind Cathedral) and six blackberry pattern plates at Casas 7 pesetas Laura worked on Honor's novel & Karl took me for a walk to the Puig at Palma & round. Fuller sent interim report on Ant . Second Trial is all wrong: he will rewrite. Sent other comments. Bought small silver buttons at 2 pesetas each for Laura's Magdalena-wedding dress, & small silver & amethyst buttons for her lilac silk dress at 2 pesetas too. At Alhambra dictated letter to Daily Telegraph about Roman Triumphs . Rained in the night.
- Technical Note:
- 300 dpi TIFF. Migration metadata by MT.