Correspondence from Robert Lowell, [1965]
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from poet Robert Lowell comprising one signed letter, followed by five sheets of poems. The poems were previously published in Imitations (1961), but are here rewritten since the publication: 'Recollections'; 'My Bohemia' (two versions); 'Cadet-Picture of Rilke's Father'; 'The Swan', Baudelaire, and 'Memoire'. All except 'Memoire' and 'Cadet-Picture' have manuscript corrections. 'My Bohemia' and 'Cadet-Picture' each have the published versions cut out and taped or glued to the sheets. 'My Bohemia': taped on published version titled 'On the Road', together with the French original. 'Cadet-Picture': published version titled, 'The Cadet Picture of My Father', together with the German original.
Dates
- Creation: [1965]
Creator
- From the Fonds: Brotherston, Gordon, 1939 - 2023 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available in the Reading Room by appointment
Extent
6 Item(s)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
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