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Title
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The Metamorphosis of 741
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Description
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A chapbook, set and printed by Claude Fredericks and David Beekin. Printed by Banyan Press in an edition of 440. This is the section of Mirabell: Books of Number when 741 reveals the hierarchy of the arts and the spiritual meaning of homosexuality, then turns into a peacock named Mirabell. Includes dialog with the spirit of W.H. Auden. The chapbook contains no author's name and was published in advance of Mirabell: Books of Number. Merrill credited Fredericks with convincing him years earlier that “The Book of Ephraim” needed to be written in verse, rather than prose, as Merrill had been theretofor attempting. Included here, along with a full scan of the chapbook, is an original envelope and inscriptions from two copies.
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Subject
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Merrill, James, 1926-1995
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Creator
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Merrill, James
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Source
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James Merrill Papers (MSS083)
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Date
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Circa 1977
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Relation
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Rare Books Catalogued Items
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Exhibit Cases 7-8: Other World
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James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 580, 588
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Language
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English
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Type
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Poetry
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Publisher
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Banyan Press
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Contributor
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Claude Fredericks
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David Beekin
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Format
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Book
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12 jpegs. 600 ppi
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Identifier
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PS3525.E6645 M48 1977 4o
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Rights
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http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
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