Letters, 1944-1958.

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Letters, 1944-1958.

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Letters include: a note to the poet Robert Gracen, commenting on his recent volume of verse "One Recent Evening" and offering advice on publishing it (1944 April 22); two notes to E.H. Rasdall (1951) thanking him for the appreciative letters; and a letter to John Bourne Coates (1958 April 7) commenting on Coates' "A challenge to Christianity" (London, 1958) - Read characterizes himself as a "humanist" in aesthetic, not ethical, matters, and explains why he does not consider himself to be a "rationalist."

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Gracen, Robert.

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Read, Herbert, 1893-1968

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Sir Herbert Edward Read was a poet, art critic and champion of modern art in Britain. He produced approximately 1,150 titles on a broad range of topics. His 80 monographs include: 26 on art and artists; 14 on literary criticism; 13 collections of poetry; 10 on politics, primarily on anarchism; 7 on "belles lettres" and biography; 5 on education, most notably "Education Through Art"; and 5 autobiographies. From the description of Sir Herbert Edward Read fonds. [1918-1965]. (University...

Coates, J.B. (John Bourne)

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