Muriel Rukeyser Papers 1844-1986 (bulk 1930-1979)

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Muriel Rukeyser Papers 1844-1986 (bulk 1930-1979)

Poet and biographer. Part I contains correspondence, diaries, appointment books, drafts, notes and notebooks, typescripts, proofs, production material, printed matter, and miscellaneous items relating to Rukeyser's literary contributions in the fields of biography, poetry, and translation, her public speeches and classroom lectures, and her commitment to social protest in support of human rights. Part II supplements the material in Part I and includes holograph drafts and typescripts, outlines, notes and notebooks, trial lines, research material, and other items relating to Rukeyser's poetry and writings, in particular , , , and her translations of Gunnar Ekelöf, , and Octavio Paz, . The Orgy The Speed of Darkness The Traces of Thomas Hariot Selected Poems of Gunnar Ekelöf Selected Poems of Octavio Paz

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