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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  • 21. Postcard from Kathleen Raine [to Robin Skelton], [January 30, 1953]

  • 22. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, February 08, [between 1953 and 1990]

  • 23. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, February 11, [between 1953 and 1990]

  • 24. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, [March 27, 1953]

  • 25. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, [May 10, 1953]

  • 26. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, May 23, [between 1953 and 1990]

  • 27. Postcard from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, [July 27, 1953]

  • 28. Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, August 23, [between 1953 and 1990]

  • 29. Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Robin Skelton, September 10, 1953

  • 30. Letter from J.R. Ackerly to Robin Skelton, September 30, 1953