Carr, Virginia Spencer

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Scholar and a professor of American literature at Georgia State University. Her first book was The Lonely Hunter: A Biography of Carson McCullers.

From the description of Virginia Spencer Carr papers, 1867-2009. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19464922

Virginia Spencer Carr (1929- ), English professor and author of biographies of Carson McCullers (1975) and Dos Passos (1984). Her other books include UNDERSTANDING CARSON MCCULLERS, KATHERINE ANNE PORTER'S FLOWERING JUDAS, and PAUL BOWLES: A LIFE.

From the description of Virginia Spencer Carr collection. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862904

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Role Title Holding Repository
creatorOf McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. Papers, 1948-1971. Washington & Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library
creatorOf Carr, Virginia Spencer. Virginia Spencer Carr collection. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Peacock, Edwin Davis, 1910-1989. Edwin Peacock papers, 1915-1997 and undated. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Dickey, Patsy. Patsy Dickey papers, circa 1940-2007. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
creatorOf Carr, Virginia Spencer. Virginia Spencer Carr papers, 1867-2009. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
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associatedWith Ames, Elizabeth. person
associatedWith Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. person
associatedWith Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. person
associatedWith Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999. person
associatedWith Bread Loaf Writers' Conference at Middlebury College. corporateBody
associatedWith Brooks, Cleanth, 1906-1994. person
associatedWith Ciardi, John, 1916-1986. person
associatedWith Diamond, David, 1915-2005. person
associatedWith Dickey, James. person
associatedWith Dickey, Patsy. person
associatedWith Emory University. Creative Writing Institute. corporateBody
associatedWith Hicks, Granville, 1901-1982. person
associatedWith Huston, John, 1906-1987. person
associatedWith Lerman, Leo. person
associatedWith McCullers, Carson, 1917-1967. person
associatedWith Peacock, Edwin Davis, 1910-1989. person
associatedWith Warren, Eleanor, 1913- person
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February House (Brooklyn Heights, N.Y.)
Yaddo (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.)
Southern States
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American literature
American literature
Authors, American
Women authors, American
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