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- 25 Nov. 1940 (Creation)
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Benet House, Mount Pleasant, Cambridge.—Sends Christmas greetings and encloses a prayer. Asks whether it is justifiable to refer to Blake as a ‘Christian’ poet. Describes a visit with Wilson to the Carmelites at Waterbeach. No overt approaches have been made to Wilson’s religious position, but he seemed impressed by Father Bonnar. Smith’s aunt seems happy. Is enjoying this term’s work, particularly Leavis’s supervisions. Is often surprised by Leavis’s sympathy for Catholicism; once he even appeared to accept that the coarsening of Wordsworth’s sensibility would have been avoided if he had appreciated the Catholic doctrine of the mysti-cal body. Cambridge and Downside have both escaped serious air-raid damage. Hopes that Smith will have time to write articles. He now has no difficulty with his style, but is puzzled by his remarks on St Thomas’s method in his article on metaphysical poetry. Sends greetings to Bewley, and regrets that he was unable to profit from literary discussions with him when he knew him.
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- Steuert, Augustine Hilary (1911-1991), Benedictine monk and literary scholar (Subject)
- Wilson, Edward Meryon (1906-1977), Spanish scholar (Subject)
- Bonnar, Alphonsus (1895–1968), Franciscan friar (Subject)
- Smith, Hannah Elizabeth (1887–1971), aunt of James Smith (Subject)
- Leavis, Frank Raymond (1895-1978), literary critic (Subject)
- Bewley, Eugene Augustine Marius (1916–1973), American literary critic (Subject)