Letters 1928-1929.

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Letters 1928-1929.

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Consists of letters and telegrams from poet, editor Harry Crosby, 1898-1929, and from his wife Caresse Crosby, 1892-1970, to poet Richard Thoma, 1902- . The letters from Harry Crosby discuss literature, his views on writing, the artist "Alastair," and general topics of mutual interest. The letters and telegrams from Caresse Crosby relate to Thoma's reading proofs of Sterne's A Sentimental Journey for Black Sun Press and to his translations into English of Proust's letters to Walter Berry. Included in the collection is a set of galleys for an article by John Peele, "Letters of Marcel Proust to Walter Berry," and a carbon typescript entitled "Alastair," an appreciation of the artist written by Harry Crosby.

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Crosby, Harry, 1898-1929

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Poet, editor. From the description of Letters 1928-1929. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 703897652 American poet and publisher also known as Henry Sturgis Crosby or Henry Grew Crosby. American expatriate in Paris in 1920's. His work expresses his disapproval of Puritan hypocrisy and his fascination for the cult of the sun. His Black Sun Press published special editions of James Joyce, T. S. Eliot, and other contemporaries. He committed suicide in New York on 10 Dec...