Typescripts and press cuttings of letters of Michael Roberts to editors., 1934-1945.
Scope and Contents
'Whither Britain?', The Listener, 18 April 1934. 'Culture Emergent', The Listener, 30 May 1934, with editorial comment. 'American Poetry+', The Listener, 26 September 1934, a reply to G. Grigson, The Listener, 5 September 1934. 'Aunt Eudora and the Poets', The Spectator, 21 February 1936, concerning articles by Siegfried Sassoon, 31 January and 14 February 1936. 'Aunt Eudora and the Poets', The Spectator, 4 March 1936, concerning a letter by Siegfried Sassoon, 28 February 1936. 'Newcastle Taste', Evening Chronicle, 1938. 'Mr Wells and Christianity', The Guardian, 12 January and 9 February 1940. Typescript of 'War Aims', a letter, 29 January 1941, to The Times, which was not published. 'Eclipse of the Highbrow', The Times, 28 March 1941, concerning the editorial of 25 March 1941. 'The War of Mr Young‟s Ear', The Spectator, 27 June 1941. 'Cheering up Mr Woolf', New Statesman, 9 August 1941, concerning Leonard Woolf's review of Recovery of the West. 'Spanish Commentary', New Statesman, 3 November 1945, concerning the BBC.
Dates
- Creation: 1934-1945.
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
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