Geoffrey de Montalk letters from Richard Aldington, 1930-1961.

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Geoffrey de Montalk letters from Richard Aldington, 1930-1961.

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Count Geoffrey Potocki de Montalk and Richard Aldington exchanged letters during 1930, and resumed their correspondence twenty-five years later, in 1955. Evident from the letters is a profound warmth and respect, which was mutually shared by the correspondents. Potocki de Montalk admired Aldington's caustic wit and literary erudition, and closely identified himself with the novelist's bitter struggle against the British literary establishment for recognition. The collection consists almost entirely of Aldington's letters to Potocki de Montalk with only one sample of the count's own correspondence with Aldington. In the role of literary mentor, Aldington provides in the letters a generous source of references and anecdotes that will be of certain value for literary and biographical research.

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Southern Illinois University, Morris Library

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Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962

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Richard Aldington, British poet, novelist and essayist. From the description of Richard Aldington collection, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81650599 From the description of Richard Aldington collection, 1918-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702148171 Richard Aldington was born in Hampshire in 1882. Educated at Dover College and London University he founded the "Egotist journal "in 1913. He joined the British Army and served on the Western Front in 19...

Potocki de Montalk, Geoffrey,, Count

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