ABSTRACT
The parallels between the critical reception of the texts of Sylvia Townsend Warner and Valentine Ackland and the journey of their extensive archive are overt and of interest. Like their archive, their literary reputations have also been subject to change and displacement. During the 1920s and early 1930s Warner experienced literary success as a writer and poet, and Ackland published a not insignificant amount of material reflecting her social concerns. At other times, both women were largely unknown; their writing received little recognition. Warner once suggested about herself and Ackland ‘we shall be remembered together’, and in 2019 in which we are commemorating the 50th anniversary of Ackland’s death, it is evident that an increasing number of readers are becoming intrigued by the life and writing of the woman who was Warner’s greatest passion.
