Title

Hellen Plummer letter to James Merrill

Description

Hellen Plummer letter to James Merrill regarding "Lost in Translation" and how much his work keeps impressing her. She shows herself to be a "fair literary critic" in this letter.

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Creator

Plummer, Hellen

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 88, Folder 2147

Date

1972: November 26

Relation

Series_I_Correspondence

Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World

James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 526-7

See also "Lost in Translation" drafts, Merrill's Aug. 5, 1950 letter and Sept. 2, 1955 letter to Plummer, and Journal 47

Format

1 leaf. Recto and verso

2 jpegs. 600 ppi.

Language

English

Type

Correspondence

Identifier

HIM_to_JM_Nov_26_1972_001.jpg
HIM_to_JM_Nov_26_1972_002.jpg

Rights

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Title

James Merrill letter to Tony Parigory

Description

James Merrill letter to Tony Parigory discussing typing the Ouija transcripts to make a prose memoir. Merrill also mentions his problem of losing the novel manuscripts.

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 8, Folder 138

Date

1973: November 27

Relation

Series_I_Correspondence

Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World

James Merrill: Life and Art, p. 541

See also "Lost 70s Novel," "The Will," "Tony: Ending the Life" manuscript pages, and photograph of Merrill and Parigory.

Language

English

Type

Correspondence

Identifier

JM_To_Tony_Parigory_Nov_27_1973_001.jpg

Format

1 leaf. Recto.

2 jpegs. 600 dpi.

See also "Tony: Ending the Life", photograph of Merrill and Parigory, and For James Merrill: A Birthday Tribute.

Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Rights

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