Love and Money - Manuscripts
- Title
-
"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
-
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/
- Title
- "Days of 1935"
- Description
- Published in Braving the Elements, "Days of 1935" was a fantasy narrative about being kidnapped as a boy, a la the "Lindbergh baby," reflecting a real fear the wealthy had after the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh's infant son, in 1932. Rather than being scared by his kidnappers, however, the young narrator ends up being fascinated and even appreciative of them. The comic poem represented Merrill's adult understanding of his adolescent need for attention and escape, and of his budding sexual identify.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 129, Folder 3106
- Relation
- Series_IV_Manuscripts
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 42-4
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Date
- Circa 1970
- Format
- 6 leaves. Recto and verso.
- 7 jpegs. 600 ppi.
- Identifier
-
Days_of_1935-001.jpg
Days_Of_1935-003.jpg
Days_Of_1935-004.jpg
Days_Of_1935-005.jpg
Days_Of_1935-006.jpg
Series_IV_1_a_Poems_Days of 1935_a_001.jpg
Days_of_1935_002.jpg - Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Title
-
"Lost in Translation"
- Description
- In this popular poem, Merrill reminisces about the summer of 1937, waiting for and then working on a jigsaw puzzle with his governess, Zelly, and her teaching him "her languages." "Lost in Translation" is often cited as Merrill's greatest short poem. Included here are four of a total seventy-two manuscript pages in the James Merrill Papers. "Lost in Translation" was published in The New Yorker and then Divine Comedies.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 133, Folder 3338
- Date
- Circa 1972
- Relation
- Series_IV_Manuscripts
-
Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 521-2
- Format
- 4 leaves. Recto.
- 4 jpegs. 600 ppi.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
-
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_037.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_038.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_039.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_040.jpg - Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Title
-
"Days of 1941 and '44"
- Description
- Published in Late Settings, "Days of 1941 and '44" recalls Lawrenceville School and Merrill using his diaries to become a "poet of memory." The poem is dedicated to David Mixsell, his arch-nemesis at Lawrenceville, who would die in Europe in World War II.
- Subject
- Merrill, James, 1926-1995
- Creator
- Merrill, James
- Source
- James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 129, Folder 3101
- Relation
- James Merrill Papers - Series_IV_Manuscripts
- Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
- James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 58, 61-2
- See also Journal 57
- Format
- 11 leaves. 9 Recto. 2 Verso.
- 11 jpegs. 600dpi.
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscript
- Identifier
-
Days_of_1941_and_44-001.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-002.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-003.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-004.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-005.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-006.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-007.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-008.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-009.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-010.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-011.jpg - Rights Holder
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Date
- circa 1980-85
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
- Media
Days_of_1941_and_44-001.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-002.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-003.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-004.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-005.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-006.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-007.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-008.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-009.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-010.jpg
Days_of_1941_and_44-011.jpg