Jean Wagner papers, 1945-1983 (inclusive) 1957-1963 (bulk).

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Jean Wagner papers, 1945-1983 (inclusive) 1957-1963 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612653784

This collection of papers is Wagner's correspondence with colleagues, poets and librarians, working notes and subject files relating to the presentation of his thesis. There are a few original manuscripts by others, notably Langston Hughes, Alfred Kreymborg and Samuel Allen.

2 boxes (.5 linear ft.)

eng,

fre,

Houghton Library

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Houghton Library

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Allen, Samuel W.

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Wagner, Jean, 1919-....

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Wagner was a French scholar of American Studies, especially Afro-American poetry. He received his Doctorat d'Etat from the Sorbonne in 1963, having completed his thesis on American Afro-American poetry, entitled: Les poetes negres des Etas-Unis. This work eventually was translated and published in English as: Black poets of the United States from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes, University of Illinois Press, 1973. From the description of Jean Wagner papers, 1945-1983 (inclusi...

Kreymborg, Alfred, 1883-1966

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Alfred Kreymborg was born in New York, grew up on the Lower East Side and later lived in Greenwich Village. He was a frequent contributor to "little" magazines and had frequent collections of his poetry published between 1916 and 1950. He also wrote plays, radio dramas, several novels, and an autobiography. From the description of Alfred Kreymborg letter and poem to Dear old Harry, 1928. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 64582069 ...

Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

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Poet, author, playwright, songwriter. From the guide to the Langston Hughes collection, [microform], 1926-1967, (The New York Public Library. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division.) From the description of Langston Hughes collection, 1926-1967. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 144652168 Langson Hughes: African-American poet and writer, author of Weary Blue (1926), The Big Sea (1940), and other works. ...