Letter from J.R. Ackerley to Herbert Read, August 08, 1965

Part of a collection of letters to Herbert Read from Joe Randolph "J. R." Ackerley (writer and literary editor of the BBC's weekly magazine The Listener). Read has lost his zest for life and Ackerley hopes he may regain it. Ackerley questions if a person is born with a zest for life or if it can be acquired.

In Collection:

• Herbert Read Collection

Creator

• Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967

Contributor

• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

Subject

• Ackerley, J. R. (Joe Randolph), 1896-1967
• Read, Herbert, 1893-1968
• Poets, English
• Authors
• Literature, Modern
• Gay authors
• Authors, English--Correspondence
• Authors, English
• Poets
• Art historians
• Editors
• Modernism (Literature)

Language

• eng

Identifier

• HR/JA 55-58

Date created

• August 8, 1965

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 4 pages ; 11.5 x 7.0 cm

Geographic Coverage

• England--London--Putney

Coordinates

• 51.46072, -0.21814

Additional physical characteristics

• Handwritten in blue ink.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Herbert Read Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• File: 8.1

Fonds title

• Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC100

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/sir-herbert-edward-read-fonds

Date digitized

• October 2021

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 10000XL at 600 DPI TIFF and images cropped & resized for Vault to be under 35MB by PD. Metadata by SC.

Rights

• Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/ccrd-7p55