James Branch Cabell Collection, 1930-1945.

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James Branch Cabell Collection, 1930-1945.

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Collection consists of 3 items: (1) Set of letters by Cabell to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1940-53) (typed originals & 1 set of copies) -- (2) A typed copy of a cumulative index to the Storisend Edition of Cabell's works (McBride, N.Y., 1927-30), which was prepared by John M. Campbell, Jr. of Paris, France, and includes a notation: "No other index exists, either in individual vols. or for the works as a whole" -- (3) Photocopy of a Ph. D. thesis "James Branch Cabell: a critical consideration of his reputation" (Univ. of Ill., 1954)

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Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, 1896-1953

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Virginia Taylor McCormick (1873-1957), of Norfolk, Virginia was a poet, literary critic, essayist, lecturer, and the editor of The Lyric, 1921-1929. From the guide to the Virginia Taylor McCormick Papers, 1887-1953., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) In 1931, Scribner published two of Rawlings' short stories, Jacob's ladder and Cracker chidlins, both describing poor, backcountry Florida. Some of Rawlings' neighbors were angered by wh...

Cabell, James Branch, 1879-1958

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Richmond author James Branch Cabell (1879-1958) is best known for his controversial book, Jurgen (1919), a fantasy set in Cabell's mythical medieval world of Poictesme (pronounced Pwa-tem). The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice contended the book was obscene. A trial over its content brought the reclusive writer national fame. Throughout the 1920s, Cabell's literary peers, including H.L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis, praised his works. Cabell was born April 14, 1879, at 101 E. Frank...

Campbell, John M., 1949-

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