Robin Skelton Collection

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Robin Skelton was born at Easington, East Yorkshire, England. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Leeds University and taught English Literature at Manchester University from 1953 to 1962. In 1963 he and his family emigrated to Canada, settling in Victoria. He was appointed Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria that same year and later founded the University of Victoria Department of Creative Writing. He continued to publish books of poetry, fiction, the occult and literary criticism. He died in Victoria.

This collection features Skelton's correspondence. Skelton's correspondents include T. S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves, Margaret Atwood, Earle Birney, Bonamy Dobree, Paul Theroux, Kathleen Raine and many others.

 
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  • 91. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, [between 1968 and 1996]

  • 92. Manuscript by Kathleen Raine on Herbert Read, between 1968 and 1996

  • 93. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, June 13, [1968]

  • 94. Letter from Michael Hamburger to Robin Skelton, June 28, 1968

  • 95. Letter from Michael Hamburger to Robin Skelton, July 06, 1968

  • 96. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, October 24, [1968]

  • 97. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, November 28 [1968]

  • 98. Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Robin Skelton, December 03, 1968

  • 99. Letter from Michael Hamburger to Robin Skelton, December 07, 1968

  • 100. Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Robin Skelton, January 28, 1969