The Seraglio notes

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Merrill, James. 1956. “The Seraglio Notes”. Series_V_Material_Towards_Books, James Merrill: Life and Archive, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/james-merrill-life-and-archive/item/38532

Title: The Seraglio notes
Description: Notes on an alternative to the castration scene in James Merrill's "strange coming-of-age" novel.
Subject: Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Creator: Merrill, James
Source: James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 171, Folder 5342
Date: 1956: March 21
Relation: Series_V_Material_Towards_Books; Exhibit Cases 3-4: Water Street (1953-61); James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 216-19
Format: 1 leaf. Recto.; 1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Language: English
Type: Manuscript
Identifier: The_Seraglio_Notes_March_21_1956-001.jpg
Rights Holder: Washington University in St. Louis
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Item sets: Merrill; Merrill Life Archive

Site pages: Water Street - Material Towards Books

Media: The_Seraglio_Notes_March_21_1956-001.jpg