Papers, 1957-1976.

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Papers, 1957-1976.

Correspondence of Woodress as editor with the contributors and publishers of Eight American authors (New York, 1971), Dissertations in American literature, 1891-1966, and Essays mostly on periodical publishing in America (Durham, 1973). Correspondents include Walter Blair, Hugh Holman, Jay B. Hubbell, Lewis Leary, Floyd Stovall, and Willard Thorp.

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University of California, Davis

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Blair, Walter, 1900-....

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Educator and literary scholar. From the description of Papers, 1970-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 40329113 Professor of English, University of Chicago, Ill.; scholar in American humor studies. From the description of Papers, 1933-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19242468 ...

Holman, C. Hugh (Clarence Hugh), 1914-1981

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Leary, Lewis (Lewis Gaston), 1906-1990

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Lewis Gaston Leary was an English professor and scholar. Leary taught English at the University of Miami, 1935-1941; Duke University, 1941-1951; Columbia University, 1951-1968, serving as department chairman, 1962-1968; and was William Rand Kenan Professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1968-1976. From the description of Lewis Gaston Leary papers, 1920-1985 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 25740293 An educator, writer, and critic, Leary taugh...

Hubbell, Jay B. (Jay Broadus), 1885-1979

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Professor of American literature, Duke University, Durham, N.C. From the description of Papers, c. 1900-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122616751 From the description of Jay B. Hubbell papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 81571865 From the description of Papers, 1905-1977. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19643110 From the description of Papers, 1905-1986. (Duke University Library). WorldCat re...

Thorp, Willard, 1899-1990

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Educator, editor, writer, and advocate of American Literature. Thorp received degrees from Hamilton College, and Harvard University. He taught at Smith College and later Princeton University. From the description of Papers, 1980-1983. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 39100518 ...

Woodress, James Leslie

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James Leslie Woodress received an M.A. from New York University and a Ph.D. from Duke University. He serves as a professor of English at the University of California at Davis. Woodress has published several volumes relating to Willa Cather, including Willa Cather: Her Life and Art, Willa Cather: A Literary Life, and a definitive edition of Willa Cather's The Troll Garden . He provided a historical essay and assisted with explanatory notes included in the scholarly edition of My Ántonia published...