Papers, 1952-1956.

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Papers, 1952-1956.

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Letters to Alison Lurie are from a friend discussing her upcoming wedding and honeymoon, and their opinions of her novels. Letters also ask for Lurie's opinion of plays written, and other plays that she has read. Collection includes an unsigned autograph manuscript and page proofs for V.R. Lang, a memoir, published by Lurie in 1959.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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Lang, V. R., 1924-1956

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Violet Ranney Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge, Mass. From the description of V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367343 From the description of V. R. Lang additional papers, 1947-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612199157 Lang was an American poet, playwright, actress, and a founder of the Poets' Theatre in Cambridge,...

Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000

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Edward Gorey was born February 22, 1925, in Chicago, Ill, and died April 15, 2000, in Hyannis, Massachusetts. He followed a career as author, illustrator, and designer. His books for children are generally regarded as nonsense fiction, while his writing for adults is more satirical. He is better known, however, for his illustrations....

Lurie, Alison

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Lurie was born on Sept. 3, 1926 in Chicago, IL; BA, Radcliffe College, 1947; married Jonathan Peale Bishop, Sept. 10, 1948; lecturer (1969-73), assoc. professor (1973-76), and professor of English in 1976, Cornell Univ.; named Frederic J. Whiton Professor of American literature in 1989; won the 1985 Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her Foreign Affairs (1984); other books include The nowhere city (1965), Imaginary friends (1967), The war between the Tates (1974), and The Oxford book of modern fairy ...