Bundle of letters

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 ALEX/A/1/1/89
  • Dates of Creation
      19 Apr 1927-9 Apr 1937
  • Physical Description
      5 pieces; 5 sheets.

Scope and Content

Manuscript and typescript letters from O. Elton [Oliver Elton (1861-1945), literary scholar and translator]. The first letter refers to 'the new physics' and the way in which it strengthens 'natural instinctive realism'. The rest of the letters are primarily concerned with Alexander’s theories about the nature of art and beauty.

Dated at Oxford.