Collection of W.H. Auden letters, 1949-1972.

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Collection of W.H. Auden letters, 1949-1972.

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This collection consists of six original letters received by Daniel G. Hoffman from W.H. Auden, 1949-1972. The earliest correspondence concerns Auden's controversial choral operetta, Paul Bunyan, with a brief response to Hoffman's questions about the sources for the libretto. In 1951, Auden agrees to speak at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, a gallery that continues to present artists from the visual, literary, and performing arts. Another letter includes Auden's original poem, Fleet Visit, for Hoffman to convey to his wife, Elizabeth McFarland, who was poetry editor of the Ladies Home Journal (LHJ) from 1948-1961.

6 items in folder (3 ALsS, 2 TLsS, 1 TL)

Swarthmore College, McCabe Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7975247

Swarthmore College, McCabe Library

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...

Hoffman, Daniel, 1923-

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Daniel Hoffman was a poet and a member of the Department of English Literature at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1965. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 190822116 Daniel Hoffman -- scholar, writer and teacher -- was born in New York and educated at Columbia University, receiving his Ph.D. there in 1956. He pursued a distinguished academic career, producing several scholarly works inc...