George Oppen letters, 1930-1982.

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George Oppen letters, 1930-1982.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28684021

Research files compiled by Rachel Blau DuPlessis concerning American and Pulitzer prize winning poet George Oppen. Files contain copies of Oppen's letters to various persons and the materials the FBI collected in its file on Oppen. These letters were used in preparation of DuPlessis's edition of The selected letters of George Oppen (Duke U.P., 1990). (Many of the letters from these persons to George Oppen are contained in the George Oppen Papers, MSS 16). Subsequently added to the collection were Oppen's letters to DuPlessis, 1965-1977.

1.4 lin. ft. (4 archives boxes)

University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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University of California, San Diego, UC San Diego Library; UCSD Library

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Duplessis, Rachel Blau

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DuPlessis is a contemporary poet and feminist scholar, whose primary research interest have been modern and postmodern American writing. She has been an Oppen family friend for more than twenty years. From the description of George Oppen letters, 1930-1982. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 28684021 Biography An Oppen family friend for more than twenty years, Rachel Blau DuPlessis is Professor of ...

Oppen, George

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James Weil is a poet, former editor of Elizabeth magazine, and publisher of Elizabeth Press, which promoted work by second and third generation objectivist poets such as William Bronk, Cid Corman, John Taggart and Ted Enslin. George Oppen is one of the original objectivist poets and recipient of the Pulitizer prize for his work Of being numerous. Oppen's work often appeared in Elizabeth, and he was a mentor and friend to Taggart, Enslin and other poets published by Weil. From the des...