George Oppen Letters (Ed. Rachel Blau DuPlessis), 1930-1982

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George Oppen Letters (Ed. Rachel Blau DuPlessis), 1930-1982

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Research files compiled by Rachel Blau DuPlessis concerning American poet George Oppen, comprising photocopies of Oppen's letters (1930-1982), copies of Oppen's FBI file, and miscellaneous correspondence between DuPlessis and others pertaining to those Oppen materials. The results of DuPlessis's research were published in THE SELECTED LETTERS OF GEORGE OPPEN (1990). The addition processed in 1993 consists of letters from George Oppen to Rachel Blau DuPlessis from August 1965 to April 1977.

1.40 linear feet; (4 archive boxes)

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University of California, San Diego. Geisel Library. Mandeville Special Collections Library.

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Duplessis, Rachel Blau

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DuPlessis is a contemporary poet and feminist scholar, whose primary research interest have been modern and postmodern American writing. She has been an Oppen family friend for more than twenty years. From the description of George Oppen letters, 1930-1982. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28684021 Biography An Oppen family friend for more than twenty years, Rachel Blau DuPlessis is Professor of ...

Oppen, George

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James Weil is a poet, former editor of Elizabeth magazine, and publisher of Elizabeth Press, which promoted work by second and third generation objectivist poets such as William Bronk, Cid Corman, John Taggart and Ted Enslin. George Oppen is one of the original objectivist poets and recipient of the Pulitizer prize for his work Of being numerous. Oppen's work often appeared in Elizabeth, and he was a mentor and friend to Taggart, Enslin and other poets published by Weil. From the des...