Edward Dahlberg correspondence 1964-1967.

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Edward Dahlberg correspondence 1964-1967.

The archive consists of 24 typed letters (49 pages) with autograph corrections and additions addressed to novelist/poet Fanny Delafield Howe from 1964 to 1967. The correspondence deals with Dahlberg's efforts to further the literary career of the then unpublished writer Howe. Dahlberg is helpful and enthusiastic about her work, giving advice, admonitions, and criticism, while at the same time giving insight into his own work. There is also discussion of their relationship. The letters are accompanied by 19 of the original mailing envelopes.

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