Guy Davenport Papers, 1960-1990

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Guy Davenport Papers, 1960-1990

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Author and illustrator. Collection includes letters from Davenport to Abbot Tom Gleason (1960-1966), and to Duke University secretary Dorothy E. Roberts (1970-1990). Early letters discuss Davenport's attraction to Gleason, as well as daily life, contemporaries, and other intellectual subjects like art or literature. There are clippings regarding his his career and family, along with book reviews written by him or about his work. Also includes collected contributions to a symposium (1974) on Davenport's work printed in the serial . Included are the author's short stories "A Gingham Dress," "Belinda's World Tour," and "Juno of the Veii," as well as his article "The Symbol of the Archiaic." Margins

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David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

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Davenport, Guy

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Author and illustrator (Nov. 23, 1927-Jan. 4, 2005). Nov. 23, 1927 Born in Anderson, South Carolina 1944 1948 Studied classics and English literature at Duke University 1948 Won Rhodes Scholarship to Merton College, Oxford ...