Donald Davie letters and notes, 1942-1966.

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Donald Davie letters and notes, 1942-1966.

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Letters from Donald and Doreen Davie to René [Hague], including letters while Davie was in Russia and India during the war, and then while at Trinity College. Also, correspondence with John Ciardi's secretary concerning a review, holograph and typescript notes for a reading/lecture on "the Movement poets" (including Kingsley Amis, Philip Larkin, D.J. Enright, and John Holloway), and a typescript, carbon of "The North Atlantic Turbine and eleven other poems" by Edward Dorn.

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Davie, Donald, 1922-1995

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Donald Davie, a poet, literary critic, and teacher, was born in Barnsley in Yorkshire, England on 17 July 1922. His service in the Royal Navy during World War II, which sent him to Russia, sparked an interest in Russian literature; he later wrote his doctoral dissertation and other works on that subject, including Slavic Excursions: Essays on Russian and Polish Literature . Davie married Doreen John in 1945; they later had three children. He received his bachelor's degree in 1947 and his doctora...

Dorn, Edward

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Poet, novelist, and translator; b. 1929. From the description of Edward Dorn papers, 1956-1993. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28417585 Author. From the description of Letters 1959-1965. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 702669723 American poet Edward Dorn was born April 2, 1929 in Villa Grove, Illinois. Edward Dorn attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina for several years, receiving a BA in 1954. Although poets associ...

Hague, René

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Ciardi, John, 1916-1986

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American poet and critic. Winner of Avery and Jule Hopwood Award in poetry, 1939. Professor of English at Harvard, 1946-48, and Rutgers, 1953-61. From the description of Letter, 1980 Feb. 4, Key West, Fla., to Henry F. Pommer, Ripon, Wis. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34364896 Poet, editor, literary critic, lecturer, and journalist. Full name: John Anthony Ciardi. From the description of John Ciardi papers, 1910-1997 (bulk 1960-1985). (Unknown). W...

Davie, Doreen

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