Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

Scope and Contents "...I am moved to present again the principle of my rejection of the planned Seminar on Robert Graves at year's end under auspices of the Modern Library Association as having anything to do with me of an order I can respect, and as itself deeply committed to disrespect of me in its appointing for its subject of discussion 'The Influence of Laura Riding on RObert Graves.' After my explanation, which covers my feeling that participation in this meeting by persons having some work-oriented...

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"It is quite long since Mr. Woolmer proposed to me the idea of a limited edition of that manuscript material. Publication was scheduled for for The Sping. November was suggested as I remember, as a delivery date of my introduction. 25000 words was given me by how as, roughly, the size of introduction he thought could be commercialy handled for that size of book. I had counted pages, and lines (I mean, indicated about how many lines there were for a page)."

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"Mr. Graves and I used an old proof press purchased second-hand. Our type we procured from Monotype of London, using a Caslon punt exclusively; our paper was exclusiely Batchelor's hand..."

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"...I am attributing this to a common effect where the shadow of Mr. Graves' work falls over writers' pages. So much perversion of actualities relating to myself, and suppression of fact concerning Mr. Graves' work in relation to mine, and to myself, have been achieved that it is indeed remarkable that any instinct of truth survives, in my regard."

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"I come somewhat late to the task of making my report to you on your paragraphs on The Seizin Press."

The letter clarifies the history of the Seizin press and Jackson's association with the press.

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"I broke association with Mr. Graves because of certain dissatisfactions. My breaking the association was not of one piece with an act of repudiating '22 books'."

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"However, you followed, in how you wrote, lines of treatment of your subject-matter set by drifts of literary publicity, and by conventional attitudes to women (as writers, or anything else outside certain fields of activity)--attitudes far more persistent than they are believed to be in this supposedly fast-moving age."

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"And so you are a librarian. A rather young librarian (at a university library) is visiting me with his wife in the Christmas week. He has been quite long working on a bibliography of my writings, but held back from consulting me until about a year ago."

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"...some further data in relation to a few places in your revised text calling for reconsideration by you; receiving no acknowledgement of this final contribution of information and comment to your task, I find myself..."

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"I have communicated (to-day) my perplexity about your behavior to your publishers, explaining the course of our correspondence, and my having in faith, according to our understanding as to my acceptance of your text..."