Collection of autograph poems sent to Kenneth and Jane Clark

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Collection of autograph poems sent to Kenneth and Jane Clark

[ca. 1947-1962]

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Collection consists of thirty-three autograph fair copies of her poems (MA 3847.1-29) as well as Sitwell's manuscript copies of one poem by Sylvia Potter (MA 3847.30), one poem by Al Alvarez (MA 3847.31) and two poems by José García Villa (MA 3847.32). Collection also contains two autograph letters from Sitwell to Kenneth Clark, and two letters from Clark (one to Cyril Connoly and one to José García Villa). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually in 36 separate records.

36 items (135 p.), unbound ; ca. 33 cm

eng, Latn

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Sitwell, Edith Louisa, Dame, 1887-1964

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Edith Sitwell was born on September 7, 1887 in Scarborough, England to Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth Baronet, and Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison. In 1913, one of her earliest poems, “Drowned Suns”, was published in The Daily Mirror. Three years later, Sitwell began editing Wheels, an anthology of new verse that sparked controversy among conservative critics. In the 1920s, Sitwell and her two brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, became known for their avant-garde literary work. Sitwell ...