Donald Davie Papers, 1942-1995.

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Donald Davie Papers, 1942-1995.

Poems, essays, lectures, manuscripts, bibliographies, correspondence, recordings, drawings, photographs and clippings. Includes works of Davie's associates and colleagues and other 20th century poets and authors, some of them his students.

8 boxes (2.84 linear feet)

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Davie, Donald, 1922-1995

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Donald Davie, a poet, literary critic, and teacher, was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, England on 17 July 1922. His service in the Royal Navy during World War II, which sent him to Russia, sparked an interest in Russian literature; he later wrote his doctoral dissertation and other works on that subject, including Slavic Excursions: Essays on Russian and Polish Literature . Davie married Doreen John in 1945; they later had three children. He received his bachelor's degree in 1947 and his doctora...

Vanderbilt University.

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