Sister Mary Bernetta Quinn papers, 1948-1981.

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Sister Mary Bernetta Quinn papers, 1948-1981.

The papers contain correspondence, writings and notes, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Sister Bernetta Quinn's scholarly work on the poetry of Ezra Pound and other modern poets. Correspondents include Robert Bly, Guy Davenport, Caroline Gordon, James Laughlin, Denise Levertov, Robert Lowell, Mary de Rachewiltz, Olga Rudge, Holly Stevens, Allen Tate, and Robert Penn Warren. Subjects include Sister Bernetta's scholarly work; writing and American poetry in general; conference and symposia plans; and personal news. The Writings and Notes series contains notes and drafts on the Cantos by Sister Bernetta and typescripts of works by Robert Penn Warren, Robert Bly, and James Wright. Personal Papers includes photographs of Pound-related sites and persons in Brunnenberg and Venice.

1.46 linear ft. (4 boxes)

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Laughlin, James, 1914-1997

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James Laughlin was an American publisher and poet, and founder of the New Directions press. The son of a steel manufacturer, Laughlin attended Choate School in Connecticut and Harvard University (B.A., 1939). In the mid-1930s Laughlin lived in Italy with Ezra Pound, a major influence on his life and work; returning to the United States, he founded New Directions in 1936. Initially he intended to publish writings by ignored yet influential avant-garde writers of the period; Pound’s The Cantos ...

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972

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Ezra Pound was an expatriate American poet and critic, a major figure in the early modernist poetry movement, and a fascist collaborator in Italy during World War II. His works include Ripostes (1912), Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (1920), and his 800-page epic poem, The Cantos (c. 1917–1962). Pound's contribution to poetry began in the early 20th century with his role in developing Imagism, a movement stressing precision and economy of language. Working in London as foreign editor of several American l...

Bly, Robert W.

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American poet. From the description of The man in the black coat turns, 1981 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647823162 Robert Bly (born December 23, 1926) is an American poet, author, activist and leader of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement. John Gill published a small literary journal in the 1960s entitled New American and Canadian Poetry. He also authored books of poetry, as well as published books of poetry of others under the name of New Books be...

Rudge, Olga, 1895-1996

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Olga Rudge (1895-1996), musician and companion of Ezra Pound. Born in Ohio, educated in Europe, Rudge began her career as a concert violinist before World War I. She met Pound in Paris in 1923, and with George Antheil played in the debut performances of several of Pound's compositions. Their daughter was born in 1925. During the 1930s she became associated with the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, and she and Pound promoted the music of Antonio Vivaldi in a series of performances and publications. I...

Tate, Allen, 1899-1979

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Allen Tate was an American poet, essayist, literary critic, novelist, and translator. From the description of Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 144652060 From the guide to the Allen Tate collection of papers, 1935-1971, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) John Orley Allen Tate was born in Winchester, Clarke County, Kentucky, in 1899. He atte...

Wright, James, 1927-1980

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Poet. From the description of Reminiscences of James Arlington Wright : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512873 American poet. Born in 1927 in Martin's Ferry, Ohio. Graduated from Kenyon College in 1952; completed his M.A. (1954) and Ph.D. (1957) at the University of Washington. Wright taught in the English Department at the University of Minnesota from 1957 to 1963; he received subsequent appointments at Macalester Co...

Rachewiltz, Mary de

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Daughter of Ezra Pound; poet and translator. From the description of Translations of Cantos by Ezra Pound, 1973-1975. (University of Toledo). WorldCat record id: 15609675 ...

Quinn, Mary Bernetta.

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Sister Bernetta Quinn (1915- ) received a B.A. degree from the College of St. Teresa in 1942, an M.A. from the Catholic University of America in 1944, and a Ph. D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1952. A teacher and poet, Sister Bernetta's two primary areas of scholarship are the Catholic Church and modernist poetry, especially the life and work of Ezra Pound and Randall Jarrell. From the description of Mary Bernetta Quinn papers, 1937-1998. WorldCat record id: 32529748 ...

Stevens, Holly, 1924-1992

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Dorothy Stevenson was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico to Ethel F. and Frederick R. (Bob) Stevenson. Growing up in Santa Fe during the 1930s, she knew many of the writers, artists, and socialites at the time. Stevenson graduated from Santa Fe High School, attended Gulf Park College in Mississippi and the University of Missouri from where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Literary Criticism and Creative Writing. Upon her return to Santa Fe, she wrote for local and state publications and obtain...

Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989

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Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), first poet laureate of the United States, was a poet, writer of fiction, and co-author with Cleanth Brooks of influential textbooks on literature. He won Pulitzer Prizes for All the King's Men (1946) and for volumes of poetry, Promises (1958) and Now and Then (1979). From the description of Robert Penn Warren papers, 1906-1989. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132948 Robert Penn Warren served on the faculty of Louisiana State University, Dept...

Davenport, Guy

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American author. From the description of The bicycle rider [manuscript], galley proof, 1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647820340 From the description of Papers of Guy Davenport [manuscript], 1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647821125 From the description of The Mimes of Herondas [manuscript], 1981. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647818418 From the description of Papers : of Guy Davenport, 1961-1979 [manu...

Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997

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The interview took place at Wells College, New York. From the description of Audio interviews with poet Denise Levertov by Clive Scott Chisholm : sound recordings, 1973 Jan. 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864806 Correspondence to Lewis and Sophia Mumford from Denise Levertov and her husband, Mitchell Goodman. From the description of Letters, 1965-1976, to Lewis and Sophia Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155871475 ...

Gordon, Caroline, 1895-1981

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Not certain if the author is Caroline Gordon, 1895-1981. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to [Richard M. Ludwig?], 1969 Dec. 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270856877 Caroline Ferguson Gordon, born October 6, 1895, grew up on a farm in Kentucky. In 1925 she married Allen Tate, a poet and literary critic who led the charge of the Southern Agrarian literary movement. Together they pursued their careers in writing, forging close bonds with legendary ...