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Brotherton Collection28
Herbert Read Collection28
English Literature1

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anarchism1
art1
art, modern1
english poetry1
modernism (art)1
sculpture, modern1

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Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)28
Alley, Ronald1
Nicholson, Ben (1894-1982)1
Richter, Hans (1888-1976)1

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William Hogarth

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

2 sets of proofs with manuscript corrections for an article (appendix?) regarding William Hogarth.

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Introduction [the art of Charis]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', 3ff. Regarding the art and designs created by Charis.

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To Quote or not to Quote

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'To Quote or Not to Quote', 6ff. Regards the advisability of quoting in critical essays.

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Sam Francis

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Sam Francis', 3ff. Regarding the abstract artist Sam Francis and his work.

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Talking of Books

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Talking of Books: Unbounded and Immortal Things', 5ff. Regards 'The Golden Legend' (1483).

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The Empty Landscape

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

2 typescript carbon copies of a prose piece titled 'The Empty Landscape', regarding landscape in painting and quoting from Baudelaire and Kierkegaard.

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Introduction [Kipling: Just So Stories]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1965

2 typescript carbon copies titled 'Introduction', 5ff, 1 with manuscript corrections. Regards Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.

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Introduction [Marini]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy headed 'Introduction', with 'Marini' written at the top in ball point pen, 10ff. Regarding sculptures of Marino Marini.

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A revolutionary hero

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

1 typescript copy of 'A revolutionary hero', 6ff, regarding Che Guevara. Lorrimer Publishing Co. is written at the top in ballpoint pen.

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Introduction [Van Leyden Collages]

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

1 typescript carbon copy titled 'Introduction', with 'Van Leyden- collages' written at the top in ballpoint pen. Regards the collages of Van Leyden, and a brief history of collage.

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N.H. Stubbing

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1915 - 1968

Typescript carbon copy titled 'N.H. Stubbing', 2ff. Regards the English painter Tony Stubbing, who has been a participant of The School of Altamira, in Spain.

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The Self and the Community

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1966 - 1968

Draft manuscript titled 'The self and the community', 11ff. Regards Gandhi and quotes from Thomas Merton's 'Gandhi on Non-Violence', a review of which is included in the file.

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