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Correspondence from Robert Lowell, [1965]

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Reference code: 493/1/38

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

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

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