Imaginary Letters, a novel of letters by MB
illustrated by her close friend Jean Cocteau
, was published in Paris by Edward W. Titus
.
Nathalie Blondel
in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography...
Publishing
Mary Butts
The Cornhill editor, Lord Gorell
, rejected the article for the surprising reason that the Bloomsbury Group was not well known in England.
Bagg, Camilla, and Nathalie Blondel. “Editors’ Preface: Bloomsbury”. Modernism/Modernity, Vol.
5
, No. 2, pp. 31-2.
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Garrity, Jane. Step-daughters of England: British Women Modernists and the National Imaginary. Manchester University Press.
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The essay was not published until 1998, when Nathalie Blondel
Literary responses
Mary Butts
Although her work received mixed reviews, MB
was generally recognized as an important if eccentric literary figure during her lifetime, and she was highly praised by other modernist writers, including Ezra Pound
, Marianne Moore
Literary responses
Frances Bellerby
FB
's award of a Civil List pension (1973) was a recognition of her literary achievement. Charles Causley
's obituary called her a true original possessed of a unique and distinguished voice.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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Texts
Butts, Mary. “Bloomsbury”. Modernism/Modernity, edited by Camilla Bagg et al., Vol.
5
, No. 2, pp. 32-45.
Bagg, Camilla, and Nathalie Blondel. “Editors’ Preface: Bloomsbury”. Modernism/Modernity, Vol.
5
, No. 2, pp. 31-2.
Blondel, Nathalie, and Nathalie Blondel. “Foreword”. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life: A Biography, McPherson, 1998, p. xv - xix.
Blondel, Nathalie, and Mary Butts. “Introduction”. The Journals of Mary Butts, edited by Nathalie Blondel and Nathalie Blondel, Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 1-41.
Blondel, Nathalie. Mary Butts: Scenes from the Life. McPherson & Company, 1998.