Kennedy, Richard S.
Variant namesRichard S. Kennedy was born in 1920. Kennedy's dissertation (Harvard University, 1953) on novelist Thomas Wolfe, the first to make use of Wolfe manuscripts in Harvard's Houghton Library and to examine Wolfe's literary career in depth, was published by UNC Press in 1962. Kennedy was on the faculty of the University of Rochester, 1950-1957; the University of Witchita, 1957-1964; and Temple University, 1964-1988, emeritus 1988-2002. He continued to work on Wolfe throughout his career, but also wrote extensively on e.e. cummings and Robert Browning. Kennedy died in 2002.
From the description of Richard S. Kennedy papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1949-2000. WorldCat record id: 676821335
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referencedIn | Miscellaneous papers, 1882-1935. | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | Reeves, Paschal, 1917-. The notebooks of Thomas Wolfe, galleys, 197u. | ||
referencedIn | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962. Additional papers, 1870-1969. | Houghton Library | |
creatorOf | Kennedy, Richard S. Richard S. Kennedy papers on Thomas Wolfe, 1949-2000. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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associatedWith | Aswell, Edward C. (Edward Campbell), 1900-1958. | person |
associatedWith | Cowley, Malcolm, 1898-1989. | person |
correspondedWith | Cummings, E. E. (Edward Estlin), 1894-1962 | person |
associatedWith | Magi, Aldo P. | person |
associatedWith | Nowell, Elizabeth. | person |
associatedWith | Robinson, Edwin Arlington, 1869-1935 | person |
associatedWith | Thomas Wolfe Society. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989. | person |
associatedWith | Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938 | person |
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Birth 1920-10-13
Death 2003-12-29
Americans
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