Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

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"Dear possible, and if you drown, / Nothing is lost, unless my empty hands..."

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"To conceive death as death / Is difficulty come by easily..."

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"With old hours all belfry heads / Are filled, as with thoughts..."

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"She, she and she and she-- / Which of these is not lovely?..."

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"...Mr. Paul Auster's review of two books of mine in your issue of August 7th: Communicated views of it of friends, communicated to me., impressed on me the need of comment. One thought it 'rather nice'."

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"I pause over one of Mr. Auster's historical touches, reference to Robert Graves telling of Auden for his imitations of me. That is retrospective self-preening. Auden's takings from me were Gargantuan, rather comically assiduous."

Scope and Contents "I have been moved by Miss Ruth Padel's review, in your issue of December 26, 1975 of Robert Graves' Collected Poems 1975 to offer as ballas for the balloon-like still-higher lift that Miss Padel endeavors to give what to calling 'Graves criticism' with her particular formula of super-heated veneration, two related articles of critical principle. The first goes: for criticism, there must be knowledge of the nature of a work to a degree of intimateness with its make-up productive of reliable...

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"Have no wide fears for Earth: / Its universal name is 'Nowhere"..."

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"Since learning all in such a tremble last night-- / Not with my eyes adroit in the dark..."

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"What to say when the spider / Say when the spider what..."

Scope and Contents Series 1: Correspondence: Robert Graves: arranged alphabetically by surname, consists of 491 autograph, typescript, and carbon copy typescript letters and cards from Graves to friends and colleagues, including Dereck Boothby (retired British major and, at the time of the correspondence, the head of an organization of covens in the British Witch Cult); Aemelia Laracuen (long time friend and intimate of Graves and illustrator of Love Respelt); Larry Wallrich (friend and bookseller who handled...