MS 586 02 03 02
Reference code
MS 586 02 03 02
Title
Rupert Brooke collection: Letters from James Strachey to Ka Cox
Level
File
Administrative / Biographical history
James Strachey was a British psychoanalyst. He met Brooke at Cambridge and fell deeply in love with him. Brooke never returned his affections but Strachey's feelings for him remained constant up until Brooke's death in 1915.
Katherine Laird Cox, known as Ka, (1887-1938) met Rupert Brooke in 1911 and a chaste relationship followed. Brooke's unresolved relationships with both Noel Olivier and Ka Cox precipitated a nervous breakdown in early 1912, following which he consummated his relationship with Ka. However this led to more misery and there is some evidence to suggest that Ka bore his stillborn child later that year.
Katherine Laird Cox, known as Ka, (1887-1938) met Rupert Brooke in 1911 and a chaste relationship followed. Brooke's unresolved relationships with both Noel Olivier and Ka Cox precipitated a nervous breakdown in early 1912, following which he consummated his relationship with Ka. However this led to more misery and there is some evidence to suggest that Ka bore his stillborn child later that year.
Date
1912-1914
Extent & medium
1 folder of 43 letters
Content description
A collection of forty three letters from James Strachey to Ka Cox, from 1912 to 1914.
Arrangement
In a folder.
Finding aids
A handlist by Jane Winter (Jan. 2019) is available, with dating notes revising the order of the letters as numbered, and a hard copy is stored with the file.
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