Laura (Riding) Jackson Papers 1970-1978

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Laura (Riding) Jackson Papers 1970-1978

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/guides/Jackson.htm

Typescripts of poems, correspondence, and articles by or about Laura (Riding) Jackson.

0.4 Linear feet; 1 Box

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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Riding, Laura, 1901-1991

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Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991) spent her life in pursuit of truth through poetry and her language work. At the beginning of her career, she associated with the Fugitives, a group of Southern poets and critics, who supported and encouraged her poetry; later she became a close collaborator and intimate of the British poet Robert Graves. But her desire to express absolute truth led her to renounce poetry and turn instead to the study of language. Because of her compulsive individualism, Laura b...