Item 127 - Letter from J. H. Whitfield to James Smith

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Letter from J. H. Whitfield to James Smith

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  • [Jan. 1939?] (Creation)

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Smith, James (1904-1972), literary critic
(1904-1972)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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110 Banbury Road, Oxford.—Thanks him for advising him of Parker’s views [on humanism]. Olgiati’s observations on the relationship between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance seem ingenuous, while, contrary to what Smith says, it is necessary to juxtapose St Thomas and Jacopone if one is to talk intelligibly about medieval Christianity. Is glad he liked the Correggio [print]; has continued to be impressed by his works. The vice-chancellor [G. S. Gordon] praised his note on the Dürer drawing in Old Master Drawings. They visited Blenheim yesterday.

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