Autograph letters signed from W.H. Auden, Swarthmore, to Professor H.T. Price, Ann Arbor [manuscript], 1944.

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Autograph letters signed from W.H. Auden, Swarthmore, to Professor H.T. Price, Ann Arbor [manuscript], 1944.

(1) Dated October 19, 1944; Auden has not received the Shakespeare paper and hopes that it is not lost in the mail. (2) Dated October 29, 1944; Auden has received the paper and likes it very much. Discusses the poet's task to balance his medium and his experience referencing Richard II, Merchant of Venice, and Taming of the shrew.

2 leaves ; 28 x 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7610271

Folger Shakespeare Library

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