Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford, 1908-1915.

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Rupert Brooke letters to Dudley Ward and to Frances Cornford, 1908-1915.

The collection consists of 45 letters to Dudley Ward and 33 to Frances (Darwin) Cornford, who was also a poet. The letters discuss in detail Brooke's complicated romantic relationships with "Ka" Cox, Noel Olivier, Cathleen Nesbitt, and the Tahitian woman Taata-Mata, whom Brooke met during his 1913 trip to the South Seas. They also describe his social life; his travels; his reading; and his experiences in the Royal Navy in 1915 and early 1916. Several 1910 letters to Cornford discuss a planned production of The Land of Heart's Desire.

0.42 linear feet (1 box)

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Great Britain. Royal Navy

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Taata-Mata.

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Olivier, Noel, 1892-

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Nesbitt, Cathleen, 1888-1982

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Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915

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Cox, Katherine Laird.

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Cornford, Frances Darwin, 1886-1960

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Conduit Head, Madingley Road, Cambridge, to Sir Sydney Cockerell, [1925] Oct. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270517944 British poet Frances Cornford (1886–1960) was descended from a number of Cambridge intellectuals, including Charles Darwin and William Wordsworth. Her work was influenced by both the Georgian and modernist forms of poetry. She experimented with a variety of forms...