Letter from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, March 02, 1990

Part of a collection of correspondence from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton. Skelton was a British poet, academic, anthologist, and practicing Wiccan. He taught at Manchester University before emigrating to Canada in 1963, where he taught creative writing at the University of Victoria and started the literary magazine The Malahat Review. Also included are some letters to Skelton’s wife Sylvia, and his daughters. Spanning close to forty-five years, the correspondence discusses poetry, writing, and philosophy; particularly Platonism and Neoplatonism. Raine often refers to the writings of William Blake and W. B. Yeats. Many letters also mention contemporary literary figures at the time including: Herbert Read, Peter Russell, Liam Miller, and Thurairajah Tambimuttu. In this letter, Raine calls off the alarm on a financial emergency, thanking Skelton for his offer to help, and also provides an update on the Temenos Journal and the seeds of the Temenos Academy.

In Collection:

• Robin Skelton Collection

Creator

• Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003

Contributor

• Skelton, Robin

Subject

• Authors
• Book industries and trade
• Novelists, English
• Skelton, Robin
• Novelists
• Authors, English
• Periodicals--Publishing
• Poets
• Periodical editors
• Critics
• Neoplatonism
• English poetry--Manuscripts
• Platonists
• Philosophy
• Editors
• Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
• Scholars
• Wiccans
• Poets, English
• Literature, Modern

Language

• eng

Date created

• March 2, 1990

Resource type

• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 pages

Geographic coverage

• England--London
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 51.50853, -0.12574
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• Typewritten on Temenos letterhead.

Physical repository

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

Collection

• Robin Skelton Collection

Provider

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

Genre

• correspondence
• letters (correspondence)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2005-24

Fonds title

• Kathleen Raine fonds

Fonds identifier

• SC098

Is referenced by

• Special Collections finding aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/kathleen-raine-collection

Date digitized

• November 7, 2022

Technical note

• Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional 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/pvzs-ph55

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