Elizabeth Hardwick:
An Inventory of Her Papers at the Harry Ransom Center
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Creator |
Hardwick, Elizabeth, 1916-2007 |
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Elizabeth Hardwick Papers |
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Dates: |
1934-1991 |
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Abstract: |
The papers contain manuscripts of Hardwick's writings, particularly Bartleby in Manhattan and Sleepless Nights, as well as correspondence with friends and husband
Robert Lowell. |
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Extent |
7 boxes (3 linear feet) |
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Language |
English |
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Repository |
Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas
at Austin |
Born July 27, 1916, Elizabeth Hardwick grew up with ten brothers and sisters in Lexington,
Kentucky. She attended local schools, and received a master's degree in English from the
University of Kentucky in 1939. Shortly thereafter, Hardwick moved to New York, and began
classes at Columbia University, where she would matriculate for the next two years.
The contrast between life in Kentucky and in New York inspired Hardwick to write her first
novel, The Ghostly Lover, which was published in 1945. The plot focused on
the emotional development of a southern women who has moved to New York, which she adopts as
her home. Hardwick received critical attention for her talented prose style, as well as her
descriptions of people and places.
After the book was published, Philip Rahv, an editor of the Partisan Review, asked Hardwick to become a contributor. Her
appearance in this journal marked the beginning of a long career in literary and social
criticism. She went on to publish well-received essays in Partisan Review, The New Republic, and Harper's. In 1947, Hardwick won a Guggenheim Fellowship for
fiction.
Two years later, Hardwick met and married the poet Robert Lowell. They spent the next
decade traveling in Europe and moving around the United States where Lowell taught poetry at
the University of Iowa, the University of Indiana, and the University of Cincinnati. In
1954, they settled in Boston, where they would remain for the next six years. While in
Boston, Hardwick published a second novel, The Simple Truth, in 1955, and
gave birth in 1957 to her only child, Harriet Lowell.
The Lowells returned to Manhattan in 1960, and Hardwick began editing a compilation of
letters by William James, which was published the next year. In 1963, a printer's strike
shut down the book review offices of The New York Times and the
Herald Tribune. Hardwick, who had long bemoaned the state of book
reviewing in the United States, met with a group of friends to found the New York Review of Books. The NYRB became one of the most
controversial and intellectually challenging journals in the United States, and Hardwick
served as an advisory editor since its founding.
Hardwick continued to publish critical essays throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and was the
first woman to win the George Jean Nathan Award for outstanding drama criticism in 1967.
Many of her essays were compiled and published in book form in A view of My Own: Essays on Literature and Society (1962), Seduction and Betrayal: Women and Literature (1974), and Bartleby in Manhattan (1986).
Hardwick's third novel, Sleepless Nights, was published
in 1979. Its semi-autobiographical nature, focusing on the reminiscences of a woman named
Elizabeth, received almost unanimous critical acclaim. Sleepless Nights was nominated for a National Book Critics Circle
Award in 1980.
Hardwick continued to be an influential literary and social commentator. Anne Tyler wrote
of her, “Whatever her subject, Hardwick has a gift for coming up with descriptions so
thoughtfully selected, so exactly right, that they strike the reader as inevitable.”
Hardwick died in Manhattan on December 2, 2007, at the age of ninety-one.
Seven boxes of creative works, correspondence, printed material, articles and photographs,
1934-1991 (bulk 1960-90) represent Elizabeth Hardwick's life and career. The material is
arranged in two series, and follows Hardwick's original arrangement where possible. The
Works series (four boxes, 1956-1991, bulk 1975-1985) represents Hardwick's work as a
novelist and literary critic. The Personal series (three boxes, 1934-1989, bulk 1970-89)
documents Hardwick's life, activities, friendships, and her relationship with her husband,
Robert Lowell.
In conjunction with books and journals donated by Hardwick now housed in the HRC book
collections, the materials in the first series offer an almost complete archive of her
published works. The typescripts of many unpublished articles, as well as lectures and
presentations, can also be found in the collection. Of particular interest are the
manuscript drafts of her 1979 novel, Sleepless Nights. This book is
the most fully documented in the collection, and includes four folders of reviews from
around the world.
The material in the second series is made up largely of correspondence, but also includes
photographs, interviews, awards and honors given to Hardwick, as well as materials she
accumulated following the death of her husband, Robert Lowell. The correspondence to
Hardwick is arranged alphabetically in two groupings. The first of these includes general
correspondence, and is notable for its inclusion of many significant authors, who were
friends of Hardwick's, discussing their works or giving their opinions on recent literature
and events. Of particular interest is the collection of letters from Robert Lowell, dating
1949 to 1977, as well as letters from Hardwick's close friend, Mary McCarthy. The series
also includes a large number of condolence letters written to Hardwick on the death of
Lowell, as well as a small amount of correspondence from Hardwick, and letters from Lowell
to his daughter, Harriet.
The collection gives a good overview of Hardwick's writing career. Less well documented,
however, are the events of her personal life. The collection lacks information on her
activities prior to 1949, and does not include manuscripts of her earliest publications. The
collection documents more fully Hardwick's career and life in the 1970s and 1980s.
The collection should be of particular interest to scholars of Robert Lowell, and
references to him are found throughout the second series. Many of Hardwick's correspondents
refer to him in their letters, and his frequent letters to Hardwick illuminate his life and
writing career. The group of condolence letters Hardwick received upon his death contain
personal reminiscences from a number of distinguished authors, such as Stephen Spender,
Lillian Hellman, and Adrienne Rich. Further, two folders of notes and correspondence
relating to the publication of two books about Lowell, by Ian Hamilton and C. David Heymann,
contain biographical information contributed by Elizabeth Hardwick, as well as her
disagreements with passages in the works.
Access
Open for research. Photocopies of letters belonging to Princeton University may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
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Correspondents |
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Anzilotti, Rolando. |
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Bidart, Frank, 1939- . |
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Bishop, Elizabeth, 1911-1979. |
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Boyers, Robert. |
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Brinnin, John Malcolm, 1916- . |
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Eberhart, Helen Elizabeth. |
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Epstein, Jacob. |
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Fremont-Smith, Eliot, 1929- . |
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Giroux, Robert. |
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Goldberg, Lynn. |
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Gray, Francine du Plessix. |
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Howard, Richard, 1929- . |
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Howe, Irving. |
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Kazin, Alfred, 1915- . |
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Lowell, Robert, 1917-1977. |
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McCarthy, Mary, 1912- . |
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McPherson, William. |
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Merwin, W. S. (William Stanley), 1927-
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Oates, Joyce Carol. |
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Orwell, Sonia. |
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Ostroff, Anthony, 1923- . |
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Phillips, Robert S. |
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Rich, Adrienne Cecil. |
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Richards, I. A. (Ivor Armstrong), 1893-
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Roth, Philip. |
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Schlesinger, Arthur Meier, 1917- . |
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Spender, Natasha Litvin. |
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Spender, Stephen, 1909- . |
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Stern, Richard G., 1928- . |
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Updike, John. |
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Valentine, Jean. |
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Vidal, Gore, 1925- . |
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Subjects |
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American fiction--20th century. |
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American fiction--Women writers. |
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Literature--History and criticism. |
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Document Types |
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Awards. |
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Biographies. |
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Book reviews. |
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Eulogies. |
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Galley proofs. |
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Photographs. |
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Postcards. |
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Scripts. |
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Speeches. |
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Books that arrived with the Elizabeth Hardwick Papers were transferred to the Ransom Center
Library and are described in the University of Texas library catalog. Awards were transfered
to the Center's Personal Effects Collection. One VHS tape was transferred to the Center's
Moving Image Collection. |
Gift, 1991 (G 8738)
Jennifer B. Patterson, 1993
Series Descriptions
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Series I: Works, 1956-1991, bulk 1975-1985 (boxes 1-4) |
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The first series divides Hardwick's works into two subseries--the first is arranged
alphabetically by title regardless of genre, and consists of novels, essays, short
stories, and critical reviews. The second follows Hardwick's original grouping under the
title "Uncollected essays, written after the publication of
Bartleby in Manhattan." However, some
works found in the first alphabetical arrangement are also uncollected and were written
after the publication of the book. (An index to the works is provided in this finding
aid). A third subseries contains newspaper and journal reviews of Hardwick's works. |
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The material in this series includes handwritten notes, typed and carbon copy
manuscripts, published articles, proof copies, and reviews of articles and books
published by Hardwick. The creation and publication of two of Hardwick's books, Bartleby in Manhattan (1986) and Sleepless Nights (1979), are well documented, and include
typewritten drafts, layouts, and galley proofs. The range of topics covered in essay
form illustrates Hardwick's interest in literature and social issues. Over half of the
essays in the series address literary topics, with an emphasis on modern writers and
book reviews. Of particular interest are the writings devoted to women writers, such as
Mary McCarthy, Doris Lessing, Edith Wharton, Gertrude Stein, Katherine Anne Porter, and
Simone Weil. The essays covering social issues include such subjects as popular
religious figures, Communism, Martin Luther King, Lee Harvey Oswald, contemporary mores,
and aging. Also included in this series are theater reviews, short stories, addresses,
and presentations. Most of the essays are in typewritten form, with handwritten
emendations. A significant number of the works are also represented by galley proofs. A
number of essays have been grouped under the title Bartleby in Manhattan. However, earlier versions of some of
these essays can also be found in the first subseries. |
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This series spans five decades, but the vast majority of materials appear to date from
the 1970s and 1980s. This is especially true of manuscripts, since the earlier works are
exclusively published articles. |
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Series II. Personal, 1934-1989, bulk 1970-1989 (boxes 5-7) |
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The material in this series has been divided into three subseries, the largest of which
is the first, Correspondence, 1949-1989, bulk 1970-1984. This subseries has been further
divided into four groupings, which follow Hardwick's arrangement--general letters to
Hardwick, letters from Hardwick, letters from Robert Lowell to other family members, and
condolence letters written to Hardwick upon the death of Lowell. Each grouping is in
alphabetical order, and Hardwick's original listing of the correspondents can be found
in the folders. Hardwick's incoming correspondence ranges from intimate letters from
close friends, such as Mary McCarthy, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Craft, Angela Carter,
Nadine Gordimer, Stephen and Natasha Spender, and Gore Vidal, to single letters from
acquaintances and colleagues. The group of letters written to Hardwick upon the death of
Robert Lowell is notable because many correspondents offer personal reminiscences of
Lowell. |
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The correspondence is largely literary in nature, and interesting because many friends
of Hardwick, who are writers themselves, offer opinions on Hardwick's writing as well as
their own and that of other writers. Other correspondents discuss important social
issues. Mary McCarthy's letters are particularly insightful. Of particular interest to
scholars of Robert Lowell are the many letters discussing his activities and mental
state. |
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Within the correspondence of this subseries are found four folders of letters from
Robert Lowell to Hardwick written between 1949 and 1977. Especially well documented are
Lowell's final years, when he wrote regularly to Hardwick and their daughter, Harriet.
It should be noted that Hardwick's chronological arrangement of these letters has been
maintained, and that undated correspondence can be found at the back of each folder. |
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The Activities subseries spans the years 1934-1989, but most of the material falls
between 1979 and 1989. It includes honors and awards Hardwick received as well as
articles about her. Of particular interest is the folder of photographs, which contains
pictures of Hardwick, as well as three that had belonged to Robert Lowell, with
notations on the backs. |
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The final subseries, titled Robert Lowell, 1976-1987, contains materials that Hardwick
collected about Lowell after his death. Included are memorials to the poet, written by
Frank Bidart and Blair Clark. The two folders of material devoted to the posthumous
biographies of Lowell offer Hardwick's insight into Lowell's life, as well as her
disagreements with the biographers' work. |
Elizabeth Hardwick Papers--Folder List
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Series I: Works, 1956-1991, bulk 1975-1985
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Subseries A: General works, 1956-1987, bulk 1979-1987 |
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A-B |
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Bartleby in Manhattan |
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Collected Essays |
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Duplicated page proofs |
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Repro proofs |
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C-E |
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F-I |
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J-S |
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Sleepless Nights |
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4 |
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Early drafts |
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Draft |
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Draft |
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Carbon copy draft |
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Repro proofs |
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Layout and bluelines |
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T-Z |
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Subseries B: Uncollected essays, written after the publication of Bartleby in Manhattan, 1979-1991 |
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Women writers |
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Other substantial articles on American and foreign writers |
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Commencement Day Address, Smith College, 1984 |
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Addresses and presentations |
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Subseries C: Reviews, 1962-1984 |
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General |
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Sleepless Nights |
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January - May, 1979 |
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June - August, 1979 |
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September 1979 - October 1983 |
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Undated &
Swedish |
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Series II. Personal, 1934-1989, bulk
1970-1989 |
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Subseries A: Correspondence, 1949-1989 |
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Incoming correspondence |
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Robert Lowell |
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3 |
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1949-1961 |
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1963-1969 |
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1970 |
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1971-77 |
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Mary McCarthy |
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M-R |
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S-Z |
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Outgoing correspondence |
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Letters from Robert Lowell to Charlotte Winslow Lowell & Harriet
Lowell |
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Letters received by Elizabeth Hardwick on the death of Robert
Lowell |
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5 |
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G-M |
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N-S |
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T-Z |
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Telegrams |
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Subseries B: Activities, 1934-1989, bulk 1979-1989 |
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Awards & Honors |
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Interviews & Articles |
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Photographs |
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Subseries C: Robert Lowell, 1976-1987 |
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Written memorials to Lowell |
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Correspondence and notes on biography of Lowell by Ian Hamilton |
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Correspondence and note on biography of Lowell by C. David
Heymann |
- Adams, Alice--5.1
- Adler, Renata (The New Yorker)--6.5
- Alfred, William--7.2
- Alvarez, A. (Alfred)--6.5
- Ammons, Archie (A.R.)--5.1
- Anderson, William Grenville Harvard College--6.5
- Anzilotti, Gloria Italiano--7.2
- Anzilotti, Rolando--6.5,7.2
- Ashbery, John--6.5
- Atlas, James (New York Times Book Review)--7.8
- Austin, Sally--6.5
- Axelrod, Stephen Gould--6.5
- Barnes, Julian--5.1
- Bengis, Ingrid--6.5
- Berberova, Nina Nikolaevna--2.3
- Berlin, Isaiah--6.5
- Berryman, John--5.1
- Bidart, Frank--7.6,7.8
- Bishop, Elizabeth--5.1
- Booth, Margaret--7.2
- Booth, Philip--5.1,7.2
- Boyers, Roberts--5.1
- Boyle, Kay--5.1
- Brinnin, John Malcolm--5.1, 6.5
- Brooks, Esther--7.6
- Brustein, Robert Sanford--6.5
- Cameron, Hamish C.--6.5
- Cameron, Peggie--6.5
- Carlisle, Olga Andreyev--5.1
- Carter, Angela--5.1
- Carter, Elliott--6.5
- Carter, Helen--6.5
- Chace, James--6.5
- Chase, Richard Volney--5.1
- Chute, Joy--4.3
- Clark, Blair--5.1
- Clemons, Walter--5.1
- Cori, Anne--6.5
- Cori, Carl--6.5
- Cotting, C.E.--6.5
- Cousins, Norman--6.5
- Craft, Robert--5.1
- Crichton, Judy--6.5
- Curtis, John (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)--4.4
- Dickey, James--7.2
- Dunne, Joan Didion--6.5
- Dupee, Andy--7.2
- Dupee, Frederick (F.W.)--7.2
- Eberhart, Betty--6.5,7.2
- Eberhart, Richard--7.2
- Eissler, K.R. (Kurt Robert)--6.5
- Ehrenpreis, Irvin--5.1
- Engel, Monroe--5.1
- Epstein, Jacob (Random House, Inc.)--4.4,6.5
- Faber & Faber, London--7.2
- Fiction Department (The New Yorker)--1.1,2.2
- Fitz-Gerald, Clark B.--6.5
- Fitzgerald, Sally--6.5
- Flint, Robert W.--2.2,5.1
- Fremont-Smith, Eliot (Village Voice)--7.8
- Giroux, Robert--(Farrar, Straus & Giroux, Inc.)--7.8
- Goldberg, Lynn (Random House, Inc.)--4.4
- Gordimer, Nadine--5.2
- Gordon, Mary--5.2
- Gowrie, Mrs. Grey (Bingo)--6.6
- Goyen, William--6.6
- Gray, Cleve--7.2
- Gray, Francine du Plessix--5.2,6.6,7.2
- Gray, Hanna Holborn (Yale University)--6.6
- Guest, Barbara--6.6
- Halsey, Alexandra (Random House, Inc.)--4.4
- Hamilton, Ian--7.7
- Hampshire, Stuart--5.2
- Haskell, Molly--5.2
- Hecht, Anthony (Univ. of Rochester)--6.6
- Hellman, Lillian--6.6
- Heymann, C. David--7.8
- Howard, Richard--5.2,6.6
- Howe, Fanny--6.6
- Howe, Irving--5.2,6.6
- Howe, Molly--6.6
- Jacoby, Tamar (New York Review of Books)--7.8
- James, Holly--6.6
- Jarrell, Mary--6.6
- Jones, Gayl--5.2
- Kazin, Alfred--5.2,6.6
- Knights, Elizabeth--5.2
- Koch, Kenneth--6.6
- Kunitz, Stanley--7.2
- Lee, Lance--6.6
- Leontief, Estelle--6.6
- Levy, Paul--5.2
- Lowell, Robert--5.3-5.6,6.4,7.8
- Lurie, Alison--6.6
- McCarthy, Elizabeth--7.8
- McCarthy, Mary--4.3,5.7
- Macdonald, Dwight--6.6
- McPherson, Bill (Washington Post)--6.1,6.6
- Macauley, Robie--6.6
- Malamud, Bernard--6.6
- Marlowe, Sylvia--6.1
- Marquand, John Phillips--6.6
- Mattfeld, Jacquelyn A. (Barnard College)--6.6
- Mazzocco, John--6.6
- Meade, Mrs. Alia Winslow--6.6
- Meredith, Bill--6.6
- Merrill, James--6.6
- Merwin, W.S.--6.1,6.6
- Miller, Karl--6.6
- Moss, Howard (The New Yorker)--6.6
- Mostyn-Owen, Gaia Servadio--6.1
- Mumford, Lewis--6.1
- Myers, John Bernard--6.6
- Nabokov, Nicholas--6.7
- Noël, Lord Annon--6.1
- Nolan--6.1
- Nolan, Jim--6.7
- Nolan, Sidney--7.2
- Oates, Joyce Carol--2.2,6.1
- O'Doherty, Barbara--6.7
- O'Doherty, Brian--6.7
- Orwell, Sonia--6.1,6.7
- Ostroff, Anthony--6.1,6.7
- Ostroff, Miriam--6.7
- Paris review--7.4
- Parker, Judith--6.7
- Peters, Svetlana Allilueva--6.1
- Phillips, Robert--6.1,6.7
- Pinckney, Darryl--7.2
- Poirer, Richard--2.2
- Prichett, V.S.--6.7
- Pyle, John W.--6.7
- Quindlen, Anna--6.7
- Rahv, Philip--6.1
- Reeve, Frank--6.7
- Rich, Adrienne--6.1,6.7
- Richards, Dorothy--6.1,6.7
- Richards, I.A.--6.1,6.7
- Ricks, Christopher B.--6.7
- Rosen, Charles--6.7
- Roth, Philip--6.1,6.7
- Rothschild, Emma--6.7
- Rushmore, Robert--6.1
- Salty, Shelley (New York Review of Books)--7.8
- Savage, Rowena (Weidenfeld (Publishers) Inc.)--4.3
- Schickel, Richard--6.2
- Schlesinger, Arthur M.--6.2,6.7
- Schwartz, Lloyd--6.7
- Scott, Nathan--6.7
- Sedgewick, Sally--6.7
- Seidel, Frederick--6.2
- Sharaf, James A. (Harvard University)--7.8
- Silvers, Robert B. (New York Review of Books)--2.3
- Simpson, Eileen B.--6.7
- Smith, William Jay--6.7
- Solomon, Barbara--6.7
- Sontag, Susan--6.2
- Spender, Natasha--6.2,6.7
- Spender, Stephen--6.2,6.7,7.7
- Stafford, Jean--7.8
- Starr, Mrs. Milton--6.7
- Steel, Ronald--6.7
- Stern, Dick--6.2,6.7
- Straus, Dorothea--6.7
- Stravinsky, Vera--5.1
- Strong, Amy--6.7
- Strong, Herbert--6.7
- Styron, Nell Joslin--6.7
- Styron, William--6.7
- Sweeney, Francis--7.2
- Tate, Allen--6.2
- Taylor, Peter H.--6.2
- Thomas, Harris H.--7.1
- Thompson, Jack--6.2
- Thompson, John--4.4
- Thorup, Kirsten--6.2
- Updike, John--3.7,6.2
- Valentine, Jean--6.2,7.1
- Vanden Heuvel, Jean (Stein)--7.1
- Vidal, Gore--6.2,7.2
- Voznesensky, Andrei--7.2
- Wakoski, Diane--6.2
- Walker, Gillian--7.1
- Wanning, Andrew--7.1
- Warren, Austin--6.2
- Weisgall, Hugo--7.1
- Weisgall, Nathalie--7.1
- West, James--7.2
- Wheelock, John Hall--6.2
- Williams, Galen (Poets & Writers)--7.1
- Winslow, John--7.1
- Winslow, Libby--7.1
- Winter, Liberty--7.1
- Worth, Irene--7.1
- Zander, Ben--7.1
- Accepting the Dare: Maine--1.1
- America and Dylan Thomas--1.1
- American Fictions--1.1
- The Apothesis of Martin Luther King--1.2
- Auschwitz in New York--1.2
- Bartleby in Manhattan [essay]--1.1, 1.3
- Bartleby in Manhattan--1.2-1.5
- [Billy Graham]--1.1
- Boston--1.1
- A Bunch of Reds--1.1, 1.2
- Celebration for Mary McCarthy, Vassar College--4.2
- Church Going--2.1
- The Coming of Age--2.1
- Commencement Address, Smith College--4.1
- Contemporary Women Fiction Writers--4.2
- [The Cost of Living]--2.1
- The Crown Jewels: Letters by Stalin's Daughter, Svetlana--1-3
- Dead Souls--2.1
- A Death at Lincoln Center--1.2
- Domestic Manners--1.2, 2.1
- Doris Lessing--2.1
- Edith Wharton--3.6
- English Visitors in America -- see Imagining America
- Eye-Witness Art News--2.1
- The Faithful--2.2
- Foreword to The Ghostly Lover--2.2
- Foreword to The Simple Truth--4.2
- [George Balanchine]--2.2
- Gertrude Stein--3.6
- Grub Street: New York--2.2
- [Henry James]--2.2
- Ibsen's secrets--2.2
- Introduction to The Best Plays of 1987--2.2
- John Updike--3.7
- Katherine Anne Porter--3.6
- Manhattan Letter--4.2
- Margaret Fuller--3.6
- A Meeting with V.S. Naipaul--2.3
- Memoirs, Conversations and Diaries--2.3
- Militant Nudes--1.2
- Morgan Library Memorial Service [for Mary McCarthy]--4.2
- Nabokov: Master Class--1.3, 2.3
- Nadine Gordimer--3.6
- Norman Mailer--3.7
- [Notes for address at the Whting Awards Ceremony, 1989]-4.2
- [Notes for appearance at memorial service for Bruce Chatwin at the Manhattan Theatre
Club]--4.2
- [Notes for Phi Beta Kappa Address at the University of Kentucky]--4.2
- [Notes for talk to graduate students in English Department at Columbia
University]--4.2
- Notes: Literature, Tradition, and Values--4.2
- The Oswald Family--1.2
- Presentation of the MacDowell Medal to Mary McCarthy--4.2
- Presentation to Peter Taylor of the Gold Medal for the Short Story--4.2
- Reading--2.3
- Reflections on Simone Weil--2.3
- [Review of Tolstoy Remembered, Ada, Countess of Blessington, and A Captive Time of
Year: My Years with Pasternak]--2.3
- Ring Lardner--1.2
- Robert Frost in His Letters--1.2
- Ruth Benedict: A Biographical Essay for Television--2.3
- Sex and the Single Man--1.2
- Simone Wei--1.3, 2.3
- Sleepless Nights--2.4-3.4
- Sue and Arabella--1.3
- Tennessee Williams World of Women--3.5
- The Theater of Growtowski--1.2
- Thomas Mann at 100--1.3
- Thoughts about Kirsten Thorup's Baby--3.5
- Timon of Paris--1.2, 3.5
- [Unpublished review of Henry Adams by R.P. Blackmur]--3.5
- Wives and Mistresses--1.3
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