On Emerson.

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On Emerson.

Two drafts, one with holograph emendations and additions, of Frost's speech accepting the Emerson-Thoreau Medal from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, October 8, 1958. Includes transcript of the proceedings, introductions by Kenneth B. Murdock and David McCord, and correspondence concerning the publication of the speech in Daedalus 88:4 (Fall 1959).

6 items ; 28 cm.

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