Manuscripts and typescripts of prose articles and talks., 1932-1948.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:
'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)
'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)
'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)
'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)
'Critique of Poetry' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1934)
Michael Roberts and E.R. Thomas, 'Newton and the Origin of Colours. A study of one of the earliest examples of scientific method' (London: G. Bell, 1934)
'Poems' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1936)
'Poetry', English number, edited by W.H. Auden and Michael Roberts (Chicago, 1937)
'The Modern Mind' (London: Faber and Faber, 1937)
'Orion Marches: poems' (London: Faber and Faber, 1939)
'The Recovery of the West' (London: Faber and Faber, 1941)
'The Faber Book of Comic Verse', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Faber and Faber, 1942)
'The Estate of Man' (London: Faber and Faber, 1951)
'Collected Poems with an introductory memoir by Janet Roberts' (London: Faber and Faber, 1958).
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1948.
Creator
- From the Collection: Smith, Janet Buchanan Adam (author and journalist) (Person)
- From the Collection: Roberts, William Edward, poet and mountaineer, called Michael Roberts, 1902-1948 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
7 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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