William Carlos Williams letters to John B. Sanford and others, 1931-1950.

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William Carlos Williams letters to John B. Sanford and others, 1931-1950.

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Letters chiefly concern Sanford's writings. Each letter is numbered and accompanied by typescript notes by Sanford. Includes 21 letters from Williams to Sanford (all but one are addressed to Julian L. Shapiro, whose pen name was John B. Sanford); one letter from Williams to Nathanael West, 30 August 1931; one letter from Angel Flores to Williams, 3 February 1933; and one letter from Williams to Harcourt Brace & Company, 2 October 1943 regarding Sanford's "The People from Heaven." Also includes blurbs by Williams for Sanford's "The Water Wheel" and "The Old Man's Place."

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963

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This collection covers the years of William Carlos Williams's medical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, a year of service at a New York City hospital, a semester of medical study in Leipzig, and the period when he was setting up his medical practice and courting his future wife, Florence Herman, in his home town of Rutherford, N.J. During this time, his younger brother Edgar went from engineering and architectural studies at M.I.T. to further study of architecture at the American Academ...

Sanford, John B., 1904-

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Sanford: attorney, poet, and novelist. Received law degree, 1928, but on advice of author, Nathanael West, pursued writing career. Williams published some of Sanford's works in journal, "Contact." Sanford's published works include "The Water Wheel" and "A Man Without Shoes." Williams: American poet and physician. From the description of William Carlos Williams letters to John B. Sanford and others, 1931-1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83633934 ...

West, NathanaeĢˆl, 1903-1940

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American novelist. From the description of Collection of papers, 1930-1966. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 145406009 ...

Flores, Angel, 1900-1994

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Angel Flores was born October 2, 1900 in Puerto Rico. He left Puerto Rico for New York and received his B.A. from New York University (1923), his M.A. from Lafayette College (1925), and his PhD from Cornell University (1947). Flores' career was as literary critic, pundit, teacher, translator, and publisher. He navigated both the English-speaking and Spanish-speaking worlds of literature. Flores is credited with being the first person to apply the term "magical realism" to literature. He was on t...