Collection, 1951-1962.

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Collection, 1951-1962.

This small collection of Colin Wilson materials includes two journals (1951-1956), exchanges of correspondence with T.S. Eliot regarding Wilson's The Outsider (1956), as well as a carbon copy of a playscript entitled The Death of God (nd), a brief essay on Sibelius (1961), a typescript of part of a chapter from The Outsider that did not appear in the American edition, and galley proofs of The World of Colin Wilson by Colin Stanley (1962).

12 items (.25 linear feet).

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Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

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Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888-1965), a poet, critic, editor, and playwright, was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B. A. in 1909 and an M. A. in 1910 from Harvard, where he also pursued a doctoral degree in philosophy. In 1915, he married Vivienne (Vivien) Haigh-Wood. He completed his dissertation in 1916 while living in England and submitted it to Harvard, but was unable to defend it. He was literary editor of the avant-garde magazine The Egoist. In the Spring 1917, he publishe...

Stanley, Colin, 1952-

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Wilson, Colin, 1931-2013

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British author. From the description of Collection, 1951-1962. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122597893 Colin Henry Wilson (born June 26, 1931 in Leicester) is a prolific British writer. He first came to prominence as a philosopher and has since written widely on true crime, mysticism, fiction and other topics. From the description of Colin Wilson collection. [1952-1965]. (University of Victoria...