Robert Penn Warren collection, 1979-1986.

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Robert Penn Warren collection, 1979-1986.

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The William Bedford Clark, Robert Penn Warren collection consists of correspondence and two manuscripts. The correspondence is from Robert Penn Warren to William Bedford Clark (twenty-three letters and notes, 1979, 1981-1982, 1984-1986). These letters discuss Warren's comments on his own writing, Clark's writing, and comments on Clark's application for a fellowship at the Beinecke Library. Also included are two manuscripts of Clark's' book The American Vision of Robert Penn Warren. Manuscript one (typescript photocopy, 175 p.) contains critical comments and notes by Floyd C. Watkins to whom the author had sent a copy of the manuscript for comment. A letter from Watkins to Clark (28 September 1989) is included. Manuscript two (typescript photocopy, 227 p.) is the version submitted for publication. A letter from Clark to Watkins (31 January 1990) is also included.

.25 linear ft. : (1 box)

Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Emory University. Special Collections and Archives

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Clark, William Bedford

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William Bedford Clark, educator and author, was born 23 January 1947, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was an instructor of English at Louisiana State University (1972-1973); professor of English at North Carolina State University (1974-1977), and Texas A & M University (1977- ) and held the National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship in African American studies at Yale (1973-1974). His research area is Southern literature and he edited CRITICAL ESSAYS ON ROBERT PENN WARREN (1981), and au...

Watkins, Floyd C.

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Floyd C. Watkins was born 19 April 1920, and grew up in Ball Ground, Ga. He attended Georgia Southern College (B.S., 1946), Emory University (M.A., 1947), and Vanderbilt University (Ph. D., 1952). Watkins began his teaching career at Emory in 1949, and was named Charles Howard Candler Professor of American Literature. He is the author of more than one hundred books and articles primarily about Southern authors, Southern literature, and life in the South. From the description of Floyd...

Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...