Papers, 1940-1990 (inclusive), 1968-1990 (bulk).

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Papers, 1940-1990 (inclusive), 1968-1990 (bulk).

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Correspondence, literary manuscripts, journals, scrapbooks, printed material, photographs, and sound recordings either created or collected by the poet James Dickey. The material in this collection dates from the 1940's to 1990, with the largest concentration dating from the years 1968-1990. The collection includes hundreds of drafts of poems as well as drafts of his first two novels and other prose writings (often typescripts with corrections in Dickey's hand). The earliest literary manuscripts date from the early 1950's when Dickey was still an unpublished poet. All of his collections of poems from the 1970s and 1980s (among them, The Zodiac, The Strength of Fields, Puella, Värmland, False Youth: Four Seasons, Night Hurdling, and The Eagle's Mile) are represented, while collections from the 1960's are often present in carbon form. Drafts of Deliverance (both the novel and the screenplay) and Alnilam are also present (the later supplemented with research material). The large files of correspondence include letters both to and from Dickey. Notable correspondents include: Stanley Burnshaw, Pat Conroy, John Logan, Robert Lowell, Andrew Nelson Lytle, John Montague, Willie Morris, Philip Roth, William Styron, Peter Hillsman Taylor, Diane Wakoski, Robert Penn Warren, and James Arlington Wright. There are also large numbers of letters from other literary associates, as well as from friends and family.

67.5 linear ft. (approximate).

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Roth, Philip, 1933-2018

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Dickey, James.

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Wright, James, 1927-1980

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Wakoski, Diane.

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Poet. From the description of Letters, 1984-1996. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 47287823 American poet. From the description of Papers, 1959-[ongoing] (bulk 1959-1978) (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 28318855 Diane Wakoski (b. 1937), American poet and teacher. From the description of Diane Wakoski poems, 1971-1972. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702199357 From the description of Diane Wakoski letters to John ...

Taylor, Peter, 1917-1994

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Burnshaw, Stanley, 1906-2005

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Logan, John, 1923-1987

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Montague, John Stanley

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Conroy, Patricia

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Lytle, Andrew Nelson, 1902-1995

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