Special Collections Spotlight: T.E. Hulme Archive
Introducing the T.E. Hulme Archive from our Special Collections and Archives!
Thomas Ernest Hulme, born in 1883 at Gratton Hall in North Staffordshire, was a critic and poet who is noted for his influence on modernism. He was an aesthetic philosopher, who translated works by Henri Bergson and Georges Sorel, as well as being the secretary of the Poets’ Club.
Hulme was one of the first critics to write about modern painting and sculpture, championing the art of Jacob Epstein and David Bomberg, and wrote some of the first ‘modernist’ poems in English as well as contributing critical articles to The New Age.
During the First World War, Hulme volunteered as an artilleryman. In 1917, he was killed in battle in West Flanders, just days after his 34th birthday.
The T.E. Hulme Archive comprises letters, manuscript poems and Hulme’s Notes on Language and Style. The material is supplemented by biographer Robert Ferguson’s research papers on T.E. Hulme. To discover what we hold, go to the T.E. Hulme Handlist and the Hulme Ferguson Handlist (Files may not be suitable for some users of assistive technology. To request an accessible format contact Special Collections).
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