Draft toward "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age"

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Swenson, May. 1965. “Draft Toward ‘The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age’”. Draft Toward "A Poem Happens to Me", May Swenson in the Modern Literature Collection, accessed March 29, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/swenson/item/26493

Title: Draft toward "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age"
Description: First five pages of a typescript draft of "The Experience of Poetry in a Scientific Age" written for the Voice of American forum lectures series, "American Poetry." Also includes cover letter from Howard Nemerov and list of participants. The entire typescript is 13 pages.
Date: circa 1965
Type: Essay
Format: paper; JPEG
Creator: Swenson, May
Contributor: Library of Congress; Nemerov, Howard
Extent: 7 leaves, recto only
Language: English
Relation: Draft toward "A Poem Happens to Me"; Draft toward "What's the Use of Poetry?"
Source: May Swenson Papers (MSS111) - Box 143, Folder 4919
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Rights: In copyright
Subject: Swenson, May--Authorship