Papers of Robert Graves: Lectures and speeches 1958 to 1973

Clarke, Shirley, 1919-1997

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Born in New York, Shirley Clarke first made waves as a dancer studying with modern choreographers like Martha Graham, Hanya Holm, and Doris Humphrey. In early short films, such as A Dance in the Sun (1953), Bullfight (1955), and Bridges Go Round (1958), she successfully fused her interests in choreography and cinema. Subsequent feature films The Connection (1961), The Cool World (1964), and Portrait of Jason (1967) were landmarks of independent cinema, charting an uncompromising path through con...

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

University of Oxford

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University of Oxford From the guide to the University of Oxford Musical Exercises, 1890, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Not applicable. From the guide to the Typescript Theses, 1910-55, (Bodleian Library, University of Oxford) Rev. Samuel Myles graduated from Harvard College in 1684. From the description of Diploma : manuscript, 1693 July 14. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612804731 ...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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The Department of General Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) did not officially exist until 1882. Courses in general studies were offered as early as 1865, when the MIT Catalog offered a curriculum option called the Course in Science and Literature. At that time, all regular MIT students were required to take “general studies” classes from the Course in Science and Literature, in addition to English, history, and modern languages. In 1882 the Course in Scienc...

Holmes, W., fl 1962

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Charterhouse School

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Hayward, John, 1905-1965

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John Hayward was a writer and editor, probably best known as friend and advisor to T.S. Eliot. Born in London and educated at King's College, Hayward was diagnosed with muscular dystrophy in his youth and contended with the crippling disease throughout his life. He quickly developed a reputation for editing poetry anthologies, and was an insightful literary critic. He authored various other works, but his most notable contribution to literature was as co-founder and editor of The Book Collector....

Dunbar, William, c1460-c1520

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Centro Mallorquín de Relaciones Públicas

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Bedales School

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Oxford University critical society.

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Oxford University Humanist Group

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Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

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Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), poet, was born at Field Place, Warnham, on 4 August 1792, and attended the Sion House academy at Brentford, and then Eton. He entered University College, Oxford, in 1810, but was sent down the following year after writing the pamphlet The necessity of atheism . He eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, whom he married in Edinburgh in 1811. Shelley spent 1812 in Ireland, addressing meetings and writing pamphlets. In 1814 he left his wife and fled to the conti...

Scottish Television

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Vergillius Maro, Publius (70-19BCE) poet

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London school of economics and political science

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For a full administrative history of the LSE, see the description for the main LSE records (Ref: London School of Economics and Political Science Archives). From the guide to the London School of Economics and Political Science: materials for the history of the School, 1895-1947, (British Library of Political and Economic Science) ...

Oxford University Philological Society

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Tinbergen, Niko, 1907-1988

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American Academy of Arts and Letters

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Organized 1904, incorporated 1914; New York, N.Y. The American Academy of Arts and Letters was established "to afford recognition to distinguished achievement in literature and the fine arts ..." [The American Academy of Arts and Letters and the National Institute of Arts and Letters merged on Dec. 30, 1976]. From the description of American Academy of Arts and Letters records, 1864-1942. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122565401 The National Institute of Arts and Letters was...

Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888

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Matthew Arnold's reflective, urbane poetry and novels thoughtfully express the social issues and religious confusion of Victorian England. He worked as a school inspector, and his belief in liberal education is a theme in his poetry and essays. From the description of Matthew Arnold letters, 1875-1886. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50209290 British poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Williams [manuscript], n.y. March 21. (...

Yevtushenko, Yevgeny, b 1933

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Byron, George Gordon Byron, baron, 1788-1824

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British poet. From the description of George Gordon Byron, Baron Byron papers, 1812-1819. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452083 English Romantic poet and satirist. From the description of George Gordon Byron Collection, 1642-1968 (bulk 1798-1830). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145405980 Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic litera...

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889

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Robert Browning was a British poet. Born on May 7, 1812, Browning wrote his first major work,"Pauline: a fragment of a confession" at the age of twenty. He married Elizabeth Barrett in 1826 and with her encouragement went on to become one of the major Victorian poets. From the description of Robert Browning collection of papers, [1835?]-1933 bulk ([1835?]-1889). (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122615581 Browning was an English poet. From the descri...

Indigo, jazz club

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Guinness Poetry Award

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Skelton, John, c1460-1529

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Farran, Ramon, b 1939

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Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892

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The recipient was Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria, with whom Tennyson had an extensive correspondence. From the description of Alfred Tennyson letter to Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, 1867 Oct. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754865322 British poet. From the description of Papers, 1831-1909. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188602 Tennyson was Poet Laureate of England during much of the latter part of...

Lenard, Alexander

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Alexander Lenard was born in Budapest. His father, a brilliant linguist, spoke a dozen languages. His mother was a painter. He was educated in Austria, studied medicine, and was awarded his doctor's degree at the University of Vienna. Between 1928 and 1938 he traveled widely across Europe, studying French, English and the Scandinavian languages. After the Nazi occupation of Austria he left Vienna for Rome, where he was active in the Italian resistance. From 1938 forward he supported himself by a...

Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert), 1885-1930

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David Herbert Richards Lawrence was born September 11, 1885, in Eastwood, near Nottingham, to Arthur Lawrence, a coal miner, and Lydia Beardsall. He attended Nottingham University College, and in 1908 he took a teaching position at Davidson Road School in Croydon. Lawrence wrote in his spare time, and in 1911, with the help of Ford Maddox Hueffer, he published his first novel, The White Peacock . Poor health forced him to resign his teaching job this same year, at which time he bec...

Raleigh, Walter, Sir, 1552?-1618

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Erskine, Henry, 1746-1817

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Known for his wit and eloquence, Henry Erskine was a lord advocate and member of Parliament. In 1772 he married Christian Fullerton, to whom this volume was given. From the description of Original poems, translations & imitations / by the hon[oura]ble Henry Erskine. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 37988623 Epithet: of Add MS 37889 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0001...

St John's College

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St John's College, Oxford, is one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University. It was founded in 1555 by Sir Thomas White (1495?-1567), Merchant Taylor, Lord Mayor of London and benefactor, originally to provide a Roman Catholic education as part of the Counter-Reformation during Queen Mary I's reign. Early alumni included recusants such as Edmund Campion and Thomas Tresham, and, in the 17th century, High Church Anglicans such as William Laud. Later alumni included figures as d...

Betjeman, John, 1906-1984

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John Betjeman was a poet, journalist, free-lance writer, architectural commentator, broadcaster, and television personality who was popular in England in the 1960s and 1970s and was active in the campaigning for the preservation of churches, buildings and landscape. He was knighted in 1969 and became poet laureate in 1972. During his time at Oxford University, Betjeman's active social life included writers such as Evelyn Waugh, Bryan Guiness, Graham Greene, and W.H. Auden. He married Penelope Ch...

Burns, Robert, 1759-1796

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Robert Burns (25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796) was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism, and a cultural icon in Scotland and among the Scottish diaspora around the world. Celebration of his life and work became almost a national charismatic cult during the 19th and 20th centuries, and his influence has long been strong on Scottish literature. ...

Iberian Daily Sun

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Nairne, Carolina Oliphant Nairne, Baroness, 1766-1845

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Donne, John, 1572-1631

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Proposed for publication as part of the Percy Society series. From the description of The Songs and sonnets of Dr. John Donne : with critical notes by the late Samuel Taylor Coleridge / edited by Barron Field, Esq. : manuscript, [ca. 1840] (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612868820 Herbert Grierson attached great importance to the manuscript and presumed the writer to be an acquaintance of Donne. From the description of Poems and paradoxes : manuscript, ...

Moncreiffe, Rupert Iain Kaye, fl 1919-1985 11th Baronet of that Ilk

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Institute of Linguists

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Oxford Union

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Davies, J. D., fl 1963-1964

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Savoy Hotel

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Mediterranean Institute of Dowling College

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Prewett, Frank, 1893-1962

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Sheldonian Theatre

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Cela, Camilo José, 1916-2002

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PEN Club of Hungary

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National Poetry Society of America

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Miró, Joan, 1893-1983

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Patai, Raphael, 1910-1996

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Anthropologist. From the description of Reminiscences of Raphael Patai : oral history, 1980. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419151 Raphael Patai (1910-1996) was a prominent cultural anthropologist and authority on Jewish cultures around the world. He was born in Budapest, Hungary on November 22, 1910, the son of Hungarian Jews, Edith (Ehrenfeld) Patai and Joseph Patai (1882-1953). Until 1935, Patai used his birth name Ervin...

Sol de Oro

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Page, Thomas E., fl 1899-1914

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Poet Larueateship

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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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Robert (Von Ranke) Graves was born in London in 1895. He attended King's College School and Rokeby School, Wimbledon, Copthorne School, Sussex, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1907-14. In 1926, he received a B. Litt. From St. John's College, Oxford. He was the author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, historical novels, essays, librettos, criticism, short stories, and children’s books. Graves also translated and edited a number of works. He died in 1985 in Deya, Majorca, Sp...

Housman, A.E. (Alfred Edward), 1859-1936

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A.E. Housman was a classical scholar, professor of Latin at Cambridge University, and poet. From the description of Letter to "Dear Sirs," 1922. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122288834 English poet and classical scholar. At Trinity College, Cambridge, 1911-1936. From the description of [Letter] 1931 Apr. 15, Trinity College, Cambridge, England [to Helen] Peck / A. E. Housman. (Smith College). WorldCat record id...

Baker, John Randal, 1900-1984

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All Souls College. Oxford

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Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542

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Great 16th century English poet. From the description of Papers of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Earl of Romney and the Wyatt family, [manuscript], 1713-1772. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648015553 ...

Cheyne family

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Premio Flors d'Amatller

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

HMS Prince of Wales, battleship 1939-1941

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Sālote Tupou III, 1900-1965, Reine de Tonga

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Gay, Karl, 1912-1995

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Oxford University Department of Zoology

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Graves, Lucia, b 1943

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