Theodore Roethke letters to Richard Eberhart, 1952-1953.

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Theodore Roethke letters to Richard Eberhart, 1952-1953.

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These three autograph letters, signed, from Theodore Roethke to Richard Eberhart, all concern to some degree Eberhart's 1950s teaching engagement at the University of Washington's Department of English (where Roethke also taught).

3 letters (5 leaves, 3 envelopes) ; 28 centimeters.

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University of Washington. Dept. of English.

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Eberhart, Richard Ghormley, 1904-2005

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Distinguished poet Richard Eberhart was born in Minnesota, and lived an idyllic life until experiencing the twin shocks of family financial crisis and his mother's death; his verse was significantly influenced by these experiences, and he would later cite his mother's death as the moment he became a poet. Eberhart was educated at the University of Minnesota, Dartmouth, Cambridge, and Harvard; he later worked various jobs as a tutor and educator, served in the naval reserve in World War II, and w...

Roethke, Theodore, 1908-1963

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Educator, poet. From the description of Correspondence, with University of Michigan officials, 1962. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34370061 Theodore Roethke won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1954 for his volume of verse "The Waking." He was born in Saginaw, Michigan in 1908 and graduated from the University of Michigan in 1929. He taught at Lafayette University, Penn State, Bennington College and finally at the University of Washington. His books include "...