| Title |
Correspondence with Julian Bell |
| Reference |
1/3 |
| Covering Dates |
1930–1936 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 items; paper |
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| Index Terms |
| Bell, Julian Heward (1908-1937) poet and essayist |
| St John's Library/NewmanL/1/3 contains: |
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ALS to Lyn Newman. Thanks Lyn for her letter about his poems. Anticipates reading Lyn's book. Mentions Virginia Woolf's "misadventures in Cambridge". Creator: Julian Bell. 1 p; paper. |
1930 |
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ALS to Lyn Newman. Agrees to write for Lyn's paper. Sends a Christmas card (now absent). Promises her a prose piece about Communism and being an intellectual. Creator: Julian Bell. 1 p; paper. |
Dec. 1933 |
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ALS to Lyn Newman. Mentions his attendance at a conference of socialists. Agonises over what written material to send Lyn. Refers to a long "piece" that he believes "wouldn't do" and some smaller works that would "cause a rumpus" in his private life were they to be published. Confesses his present inability to think about anything but war and Communism. Reports that Virginia and Leonard Woolf and his father are optimistic about Lyn's paper. Gives his address in London. Creator: Julian Bell. 1 p; paper. |
1934 |
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Pamphlet entitled "Work for the Winter More or Less for Christmas from Julian Bell" (Hogarth Press, 1936). Inscription to Lyn on inside front cover. Printed poems: "Work for Winter", "Visualisation of Marxism", "The Redshanks", "Pascal", "The River Flows" and "Imitations from the Chinese of Arthur Waley". Creator: Julian Bell. 4 p; paper. |
1936 |