"Looking at Mummy"
Item
Merrill, James. 1932. “‘Looking at Mummy’”. Series_I_Correspondence, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed March 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38394
- Title
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"Looking at Mummy"
- Description
- "Looking at Mummy," Merrill's first poem at age 6, written in his mother's hand (so how much of it she may have written herself remains a question). This experience/poem later influenced “The Broken Home.”
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 78, Folder 2041
- Date
- 1932: October 29
- Relation
- Series_I_Correspondence
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Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 12-14
- See also Journal 59
- Language
- English
- Type
- Correspondence
- Identifier
- Looking_at_Mummy_JM-to-HIP-19321029.jpg
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto.
- 1 jpeg. 600 dpi.
- Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Site pages
- Love and Money - Manuscripts
Merrill, James. 1932. “‘Looking at Mummy’”. Series_I_Correspondence, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed March 9, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38394