ALS, 1955 August 1 : Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to John G. Moore, Pasadena, California.

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ALS, 1955 August 1 : Palma de Mallorca, Spain, to John G. Moore, Pasadena, California.

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The poet agrees that "it is a pity when poetry gets into the hands of the sods, dopes & wacks." He says he enlarged an obscene joke found in Shakespeare's "King Lear" into "Down, Wanton, Down." He ends by commenting, "Frost was a good poet in his day--around 1922."

1 p. ; 27.5 x 21.5 cm.

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Moore, John G., 1900-

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Frost, Robert, 1874-1963

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American poet from New England. Winner of the 1932 Pulitzer Prize. From the description of Letters, 1931-1943. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122464432 American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. From the description of Letter to Mr. Beggen [?], 1928. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 86129842 Robert Frost was an American poet. From the description of Papers concerning the Kenned...

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

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Robert (Von Ranke) Graves was born in London in 1895. He attended King's College School and Rokeby School, Wimbledon, Copthorne School, Sussex, Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey, 1907-14. In 1926, he received a B. Litt. From St. John's College, Oxford. He was the author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, autobiographies, historical novels, essays, librettos, criticism, short stories, and children’s books. Graves also translated and edited a number of works. He died in 1985 in Deya, Majorca, Sp...