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Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1901-01-16 - 1991-09-02

biographical statement

Laura Jackson was an American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer.

Found in 906 Collections and/or Records:

Draft Explanation for "The Covenant of Literary Morality"

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.9.2.001
Scope and Contents

"This is the rough draft of my explanation of The Covenant of Literary Morality pamphlet (1938), the perfected revision in typescript sent by me to accompany the pamphlet itself at Cornell U. Library, Rare Book Dept."

Dates: 1965 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 2 - Writings

Draft Letter from L. (R.) J. [Laura Jackson] to The Editor of The New York Review of Books, Undated

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 13
Identifier: 1976.004.1.13.001
Scope and Contents

"...Mr. Paul Auster's review of two books of mine in your issue of August 7th: Communicated views of it of friends, communicated to me., impressed on me the need of comment. One thought it 'rather nice'."

....

"I pause over one of Mr. Auster's historical touches, reference to Robert Graves telling of Auden for his imitations of me. That is retrospective self-preening. Auden's takings from me were Gargantuan, rather comically assiduous."

Dates: Undated
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 1 - Correspondence

Draft Letter from Laura (Riding) Jackson to The Editor of The Times Literary Supplement, 1976-01

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 1976.004.1.18.003
Scope and Contents "I have been moved by Miss Ruth Padel's review, in your issue of December 26, 1975 of Robert Graves' Collected Poems 1975 to offer as ballas for the balloon-like still-higher lift that Miss Padel endeavors to give what to calling 'Graves criticism' with her particular formula of super-heated veneration, two related articles of critical principle. The first goes: for criticism, there must be knowledge of the nature of a work to a degree of intimateness with its make-up productive of reliable...
Dates: 1976-01
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 1 - Correspondence

"Draft portion of a comment note for book on Poetry"

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 4
Identifier: 1976.004.10.4.006
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1965 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 2 - Writings / Writings on Poetry

Drafts

 Item — Box 9, Folder: 16
Identifier: 1976.004.9.16.001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1965 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 2 - Writings / "The Word-Play of Gertrude Stein"

Drafts of Scattered Sections

 Item — Box 6, Folder: 12
Identifier: 1976.004.6.12.001
Scope and Contents

"These I think could be easily placed with some [elsewhere?], to their chapter [areas?] with some study."

Dates: 1965 - 1974
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 2 - Writings / "Rational Meaning: A New Foundation for the Definition of Words"

Earth, unknown

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 2020.063.1.3.004
Scope and Contents

"Have no wide fears for Earth: / Its universal name is 'Nowhere"..."

Dates: unknown
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura Riding Jackson Collected Poems / Poems of Final Occasion

Echoes, unknown

 Item — Box 1
Identifier: 2020.063.1.2.001
Scope and Contents

"Since learning all in such a tremble last night-- / Not with my eyes adroit in the dark..."

Dates: unknown
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura Riding Jackson Collected Poems / Poems of Immediate Occasion

Editorial Letter "'The Telling'" by Laura Riding from "The Times Literary Supplement" , 1973-03-9

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 8
Identifier: 1976.004.10.8.008
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1973-03-9
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 3 - Clippings, Ephemera, Miscellaneous

Editor's Xerox of the final typescript draft, 1977

 Item — Box 8, Folder: 11
Identifier: 1976.004.8.11.001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1977
Found in: The University of Tulsa, McFarlin Library, Department of Special Collections & University Archives / Laura (Riding) Jackson papers, 1965-1974 / Series 2 - Writings / "Suitable Criticism, A Partial Review of Chapters in a Mythology: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath"

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