Papers, 1917-1961.

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Papers, 1917-1961.

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Consists of poems, essays, addresses, and correspondence. Includes the manuscript "Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction" and poems from Parts of a World (1942): an incomplete and unpublished section of "Examination of the Hero in a Time of War" and "Les Plus Belles Pages" with his commentary on it. Correspondence is with Renato Poggioli concerning problems arising from his Italian translations of Stevens' poems, 1953; with Bancel La Farge concerning the set designs for the play Carlos Among the Candles (including a manuscript of the play and a sketch by La Farge); and letters to José Rodríguez Feo, an editor of Origenes, a literary journal in Havana, Cuba, discussing western literature. Also includes addresses Stevens gave to colleges.

6v. (.33 linear ft.)

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La Farge, Louis Bancel.

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Stevens, Wallace, 1879-1955

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Wallace Stevens was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, educated at Harvard and then New York Law School, and spent most of his life working as a lawyer for the Hartford insurance company in Connecticut. From the guide to the Wallace Stevens collection, 1921-1966, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) Wallace Stevens was an American essayist, playwright, and poet. From the description of Wallace Stevens collection of papers, 19...

Rodríguez Feo, José,

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Poggioli, Renato, 1907-1963

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