Twenty-four pieces of correspondence written by Pound during his hospitalization at St. Elizabeths in Washington, D.C. Letters to Mac Low contain opinions on literature, literary scholarship, and politics. Some typed letters, dating from 1951, include envelopes in the hand of Dorothy Pound. Letters also include drafts, typescript, of two poems by Mac Low, "Venti Creator Spiritus" and "The Queen Anne's Lace," corrected and annotated by Pound. With one typescript carbon letter from Mac Low and one autograph manuscript letter, signed, to Mac Low from Omar Pound.
Description:
Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet., Jackson Mac Low (1922-2004), American poet and composer., and Purchased from Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 2010.
Subject (Name):
Mac Low, Jackson , Pound, Dorothy, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Political and social views, Pound, Omar S, and Saint Elizabeths Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Antisemitism, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives
Collection of letters to Rodman from other English-language authors discussing literary and personal matters, including published work, work in progress, publication, and health and travel plans. Correspondents include: W. H. Auden, Robert Bly, Richard Eberhart, John Hersey, Christopher Isherwood, Stanley Kunitz, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen Spender, William Styron, Dylan Thomas, Derek Walcott, and Richard Wilbur. The collection features twenty letters from Norman Mailer and a sketch by Mailer. With drafts, typescript, corrected, of chapters from an unidentified book by Rodman about Kunitz and Mailer.
Description:
Purchased from Stuart Lutz on the Sinclair Lewis Fund, 2003. and Selden Rodman (1909-2002), born Cary Selden Rodman, was an American poet, critic, and art collector.
Subject (Name):
Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973, Bly, Robert, Eberhart, Richard, 1904-2005, Hersey, John, 1914-1993, Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986, Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006, and Mailer, Norman
Subject (Topic):
American literature--20th century, Authors, American--20th century--Archives, and Poets, American--20th century--Archives