Randall Jarrell letters and poem, and book reviews received, 1946-1961.

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Randall Jarrell letters and poem, and book reviews received, 1946-1961.

The collection contains Jarrell's letters, as acting literary editor at The Nation, 1946-1947, to Arthur Mizener, 1946, about Mizener's book reviews, with carbon typescripts of some of the reviews; letter to Jerome Mazzaro, postmarked 10 October 1961, about Jarrell's translation of Faust; and to Mrs. Wright, ca. 1958-1965, describing two new poems he wants to submit to the [Saturday Evening] Post. Also, contains the holograph of his poem, "Hohensalzburg: fantastic variations on a theme of romantic character," written in 1948 and first published in Poetry, April 1949.

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Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965

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Randall Jarrell (6 May 1914 – 14 October 1965), the noted American poet, literary critic, children's author, essayist, and novelist, was born in Nashville, Tennessee. He attended Vanderbilt University where he studied under Robert Penn Warren, Allen Tate, and John Crowe Ransom, edited the student humor magazine, captained the tennis team, received a Phi Beta Kappa and graduated magna cum laude. After graduating from Vanderbilt, Jarrell served as a teaching instructor at Kenyon College, Gambier, ...

Mazzaro, Jerome

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Mizener, Arthur

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Professor of English, Cornell University. From the description of Arthur Mizener letters to S. Gorley Putt, 1936-1985. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64085073 American educator, author, and critic Arthur Mizener was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, on September 3, 1907, to Mason Price and Mabel Moore Mizener. From the description of Arthur Mizener papers, 1940-1977 (bulk 1943-1951). (University of Delaware Library). WorldCat record id: 667622443 ...