A good friend of CH
in later life was the book-collector R. N. Green-Armytage
. Her correspondence with him (which sustained the relationship) is now at the University of Tulsa
. She was also a...
Literary responses
Constance Holme
In 1934 R. N. Green-Armytage
delighted CH
by saying really wonderful things about Crump Folk Going Home, and particularly by liking her preface (in the new World's Classics edition).
“The Constance Holme Letters 1932-1954”. University of Tulsa: McFarlin Library: Department of Special Collections.
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A reprint of...
Literary responses
Constance Holme
Green-Armytage
and his wife and son read the plays with enthusiasm.
“The Constance Holme Letters 1932-1954”. University of Tulsa: McFarlin Library: Department of Special Collections.
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Material Conditions of Writing
Constance Holme
In 1934 she told R. N. Green-Armytage
that this novel was written in the sheer desperation of necessity—though she affirmed that she did take pains over it.
“The Constance Holme Letters 1932-1954”. University of Tulsa: McFarlin Library: Department of Special Collections.
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Textual Production
Constance Holme
Late in life CH
wrote, it is not easy for a woman to be the simple and natural devotée of an art as a man can. I have had to be house wife, agent's...
Textual Production
Constance Holme
CH
published Four One-Act Plays, her only venture into print with this genre; she sent a copy to R. N. Green-Armytage
on 23 September.
“The Constance Holme Letters 1932-1954”. University of Tulsa: McFarlin Library: Department of Special Collections.
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Textual Production
Constance Holme
Many of her poems later appeared in the magazine Country Life. She sometimes sent verses in letters to her friends. At the end of 1942 she thanked R. N. Green-Armytage
for liking some she...