Edmund Wilson letters and postcard, 1927-1961.

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Edmund Wilson letters and postcard, 1927-1961.

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The collection consists of ten items, including: three letters to Rolfe Humphries, 1927-1943, about Humphries' writing; postal card to Mrs. W.E. Woodrow, 9 Feb. 1942, thanking her for her note on his book, with mention of Kipling; two letters to Mr. Rubin, 1960-1961, commenting on De Forest's work; carbon copies of three letters from Joseph Jay Rubin to Wilson, 1960-1963, commenting on publishing J.W. De Forest's works; letter to Mr. Schwerin, 19 July 1960, about the propsects of a film about one of his works.

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Humphries, Rolfe.

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Rolfe Humphries (1894-1969) was an American poet, translator, teacher, critic, and editor. According to Richard Gillman, author of Poets, Poetics, and Politics: America's Literary Community Viewed from the Letters of Rolfe Humphries, 1910–1969, Humphries was "the total poet. . . . If ever there were poets who did in fact breathe their art, he was one of them." From the guide to the Rolfe Humphries Papers, 1962-1963, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)...

Wilson, Edmund

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Edmund Wilson was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic. From the description of Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122596904 From the guide to the Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) American author and critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed...

De Forest, John William, 1826-1906

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American author. From the description of Papers of John William DeForest [manuscript], 1855-1887. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806466 John William De Forest's novels and nonfiction works contain a realism absent in the work of many of his Victorian Era contemporaries. Instead of depicting the romance and sentimentality fashionable in literature of that time, De Forest depicts a very different view of the world. This view includes poverty, human failings, ...

Rubin, Joseph Jay, 1912-1980

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Noted Walt Whitman scholar Joseph J. Rubin (1912-1980) received a M.A. from Penn State in 1933 and a doctorate from Yale in 1940. He joined the Penn State English Department in 1935, and served as a professor of American literature, retiring in 1978. Rubin started the Bald Eagle Press in 1950, an important influence on the founding of the Penn State Press. From the description of Joseph J. Rubin papers, 1925-1988. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 7411231...