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

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"...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'."

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"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."

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...

Scope and Contents "The case as to No Decency Left is an instance of Robert Graves' modes [o]f procedure. Professor Higginson has been unscholarly in a number of features of his Graves bibliography, in relying on Robert Graves as a source of fact - as which he is one of the most unreliable, in personal and scholarly matters alike."...."It heartens me that you should think about a bibliography of my work. A very good man, loyal, and capable, has gained my authorization for making one. He...

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"It was my Graves collection, however, which is my personal collection and quite good, that led me to a particular interest in the Seizin Press. Until this time, I had known of you only superficially."

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"I am most anxious to have established, and in full form, so complete as humans can make it in retrospect, the complete list of your writings, if you can find it in your time to help me."

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"In addition to the titles of your works that you list in your letter, my notes say that I am missing the following:"

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"While on these themes, here is a list of the reprints of your works offered in Books In Print this year:"

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"The Shout is available in 4 books:" "Until they are collated, one cannot say whether this strange and not entirely successful story has been altered in successive versions.

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"...not to hold you up, I answer your questions about FOCUS. There is no Seizin press imprint on the numbers..."

"There is no information justifying Higginson's calling Graves' contributions to numbers I, II, III, and IV "Letters" or "Letters from Deya"."

Scope and Contents "I have at hand your two letters dated January 27th and one dated February 4th, and will reply in order. First, a copy of MKs article has gone off to Prof. Oshima in Japan, with a note that it was sent at your request."...."I am not surprised at your reaction to the MLA seminar, and described to the group that proposed it rather accurately what your reaction would probably be. Their grand idea was to invite you to speak at the seminar!!!".......

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"We are happy to cooperative with you and to assist you in any way possible. The two collections were purchased from Ellsworth Mason; possibly you are familiar with the collections."

"...The Laura Riding Jackson material is as follows:"

Scope and Contents "I'll go to the matter of the Survey of Modernist Poetry, on which you touched, of which you asked, in your letter. This book, the fact of this book, has been much in my consciousness in recent time. From 1939-1940 forward I was occupied with taking my thought further (and by then I had taken it much further than where it was at the time-of the writing of that book); and I had no practical attention to past work."...."The origin of the book is as follows. In 1925, I...