Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
Item
Merrill, James. 1964. “Journal 59 - ‘The Broken Home’ Drafts”. Series_II_Journals, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38397
- Title
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Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
- Description
- Journal 59 includes numerous pages of early holograph notes and drafts toward "The Broken Home," one of which is included here. Merrill's most autobiographical poem to date, "The Broken Home" centered on his parents' troubled relationship. It was eventually published in The New Yorker and then in Nights and Days.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 117, Folder 2907
- Date
- 1964 : March 18
- Relation
- Series_II_Journals
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 360-3
- See also James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts pages on "The Broken Home"
- See also "Looking at Mummy"
- Format
- 1 leaf. Recto.
- 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
- JNL59_pg92.jpg
- Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Site pages
- Love and Money - Journals
- Media
JNL59_pg92.jpg
Merrill, James. 1964. “Journal 59 - ‘The Broken Home’ Drafts”. Series_II_Journals, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38397