Papers of James Thomas Farrell [manuscript] 1931-37, 1964.

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Papers of James Thomas Farrell [manuscript] 1931-37, 1964.

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The collection contains the mss. for the essays Of men and books, 1946 (on The bulwark by Theodore Dreiser) and Horace Gregory's poetry reread, and for short stories Jeff, Sylvester MucGullick, and One of many. The latter is Farrell's revised version of a ms. by his brother John Farrell. Letters, 1931-37, to Robert Carlton Brown discuss the problems of getting Brown's books, The readies and You gotta live, reviewed, the prospects of magazines accepting their short stories, the writing of the Studs Lonigan trilogy and Gas house McGinty, and literary censorship. He refers briefly to James Henle, Ezra Pound, Kay Boyle, Floyd Stern, H.L. Mencken, and Esquire and Common sense magazines. A letter to Robert McDonough reviews The old bunch by Meyer Levin. In other letters Farrell encourages a convalescent Marshall Bean, and declines Lola L. Kovener's offer to become his secretary. There is a letter to Brown from John Farrell regarding publicity and one from Floyd Stern mentioning Farrell.

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