Jan 13 Thursday

Another draft of poem.
Safe Receipt of Ernest Neale's[RG] a Censored[RG] Letter. Two in fact.
Worked over Belisarius preface again.
Laura all day & night on her Manchester address The Story of Poetry.
I also finished draft of an article on my cottage1.
At night a long walk down the streets to halfway down the Edgeware road.
Difficult letter from N.N. about money.
Very mild weather.

Editorial Notes

Hands Referenced

    • Annotation: ink correction
    • Character: regular
    • Ink: black

Places Mentioned

  • Manchester

    Manchester, England
    Location of Manchester University eds.

  • Edgwear Road

    Westminster, London, England

People Mentioned

  • Laura

    Riding, Laura
    (1901-91) American poet. Laura Riding (née Reichenthal; then Laura Gottschalk).

  • Nancy

    Nicholson, Nancy
    (1899-1977) First wife of Robert Graves; married 1918, separated 1927, divorced 1949. eds.

Bibliography

    • Title: Count Belisarius [1938]
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • Publisher: Cassell
    • Idno: A47
    • Date: 1937-07-21
    • Title: Powerless in the Matter [article]
    • Title: Spectator
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • PubPlace: London
    • BiblScope: 510-11
    • Idno: C293
    • Date: 1928-03-25
    • Title: Safe Receipt of a Censored Letter [poem: formerly "Letter from Ernest Neale" then the "Censored Letter": see diary Jan. 11-13, 1938 eds.]
    • Title: Robert Graves: Complete Poems, Vol. III
    • Author: Graves, Robert
    • Editor: Beryl Graves and Dunstan Ward
    • PubPlace: Manchester
    • Publisher: Carcanet Press
    • BiblScope: pp. 40; 450-51 (note)
    • Date: 1995-1999
    • Title: Story of Poetry, The [Address at Manchester University, Jan 14, 1938 see Friedmann 306]
    • Author: Riding, Laura
    • Date: 1938-01-13