James Branch Cabell letter, page proof, and keepsake pamphlet, 1929-1979.

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James Branch Cabell letter, page proof, and keepsake pamphlet, 1929-1979.

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The collection consists of three items: letter to Mr. Conklin, 24 Oct. 1929, declining a request to write a preface for Conklin's book, but full of praise for the project; page proof for The Judging of Jurgen, from the book Jurgen and the Censor, circa 1920, with corrections by the author, composed in response to obscenity charges levelled against Cabell by New York Society for the Suppression of Vice; also, keepsake pamphlet titled James Branch Cabell, 1879-1979, a Centenary Tribute, published by the University of Virginia Library, with an essay by Edward Wagenknecht and a portrait of and biographical information on Cabell.

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Conklin, Groff, 1904-1968

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Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Wagenknecht, Edward, 1900-2004

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Professor of English; author; book reviewer. Born Mar. 28, 1900, in Chicago. Graduated from University of Chicago, 1923, M.A. 1924. Ph. D., University of Washington (Seattle), 1932. Teaching: University of Chicago, 1923-1925 (assistant); University of Washington, Seattle, 1925-1943 (associate, assistant professor, associate professor); Illinois Institute of Technology, 1943-1947 (associate professor); Boston University, 1947-1965 (professor). Literary editor of Seattle Post-Intellig...