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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 92 Collections and/or Records:

Duff's Restaurant Literary Events Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-MS-ms148
Scope and Contents

The Duff’s Restaurant Literary Events Collection consists of flyers, schedules, clippings, photographs, and correspondence tracing the history of the Duff’s Poetry Reading Series from 1974-2013

Robert Duncan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms037
Scope and Contents The highlight of the Robert Duncan Papers is his correspondence with author Leroi Jones, which spans the years 1962-1964. The letters discuss many issues contemporary to that time: Black dada, current publishing, and other authors, such as Robert Creeley, Charles Olson, and Diane DiPrima. The remainder of the collection consists of material toward several of Duncan's books. Of particular interest is the correspondence and material toward A Book of Resemblances:...

Larry Eigner Collection

 Collection — Box VMF 4, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-VMF-vmf045
Scope and Contents

Poem drafts and correspondence from Larry Eigner.

T.S. Eliot Collection

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MS-MS-ms153
Scope and Contents The T.S. Eliot Collection includes revised copy of T. S. Eliot's Collected Poems, 1909-1935, with corrections and annotations in the author's hand, undertaken in preparation for a new edition. Also included is a typescript of section titled Occasional Verses, which was added to the original edition. These poems include "Defense of the islands," "A Note on War Poetry," "For the Indian Soldiers [sic] Who...

William Everson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms042
Scope and Contents The William Everson Papers include correspondence between the author and the well-known book dealer Henry Wenning. Wenning was a friend and confidante to a great number of authors, many of whom are included in Washington University's Modern Literature Collection. He acted as publisher for Everson's poetry collection, The Blowing of the Seed (1966), and much of this correspondence deals with this book. The collection also contains a number of poetry...

Raymond Federman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms044
Scope and Contents The Raymond Federman Collection includes extensive draft and proof materials toward Federman's books including Double or Nothing, Amer Eldorado, Aunt Rachel's Fur, and Shhh. Also, materials relating to his critical work on Samuel Beckett, short stories, poems, essays, extensive correspondence, unpublished works, reel-to-reel audio recordings, student...

Donald Finkel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms045
Scope and Contents

The Donald Finkel Papers include his extensive research materials, journals, notes, and heavily revised manuscripts. A large collection of editorial matter toward all of his books and a small, yet revealing professional correspondence with editors and literary colleagues completes the Finkel Papers.

Ford Madox Ford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms046
Scope and Contents The most significant portion of Washington University's Ford Madox Ford Papers is the carbon typescript of A Little Less Than Gods (1928), Ford's novel of romance and adventure set in the Napoleonic Wars. This manuscript contains numerous revisions and corrections by him. The collection also contains several letters from Ford, primarily to Alfred H. Mendes, whose book Ford was helping to get published, as well as an autograph draft of the poem ...

Michael Fraenkel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-MS-ms077
Scope and Contents The Michael Fraenkel Papers consists of correspondence to and from Michael and Daphne Fraenkel including, Ben Abramson, Angela Selke de Sanchez Barbudo, Antonio Sanchez Barbudo, Elizabeth Bartlett, Paul Bartlett, Michael Baxte, Arthur Boyars, A.A. Brill, Jean Brun, Padraic Colum, Judson Crews, Robert Edgerton, Arthur Faber, Erich Gutkind, Julian Huxley, J.H. Jeans, Celia Kirwan, Joseph Leftwich, John Meston, Henry Miller, Janina Miller, Gilbert Neiman, Frederick Nicklaus, Reinhold Niebuhr,...