William Meredith collection of papers, 1941-1973.

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Creator

Meredith, William, 1919-

Location

Berg Collection of English and American Literature

Extent

• 101 items.

Scope/Contents Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and typescripts, correspondence, and legal documents. Themanuscripts and typescripts include poems by the author, as well as manuscript transcriptions of Robert Lowell's translations of the works of Victor Hugo and Boris Pasternak. The correspondence consists of letters from theauthor, dating from 1941 to 1973, to W. H. Auden, Babette Deutsch, Randall Jarrell, Chester Kallman, Samuel Menashe,Muriel Rukeyser, Peter Salus, and others, as well as a letter, dated 1969, from Chester Kallman to James Merrill relating to the author. There are letters to Meredith fromW. H. Auden, John Berryman, T. S. Eliot, Chester Kallman, and Peter Salus, dating from [1955] to 1972.

Biographical/Historical Note

William Meredith was an American poet, literary critic, librettist, and translator.

Controlled Access Terms

• Meredith, William, 1919-
• Correspondence.

Additional Creator Names

• Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
• Berryman, John, 1914-1972.
• Deutsch, Babette, 1895-1982.
• Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965.
• Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
• Jarrell, Randall, 1914-1965.
• Kallman, Chester, 1921-1975.
• Menashe, Samuel, 1925-2011.
• Merrill, James, 1926-1995.
• Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960.
• Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913-
• Salus, Peter H.
• Jarrell, Mary. fmo
• Rukeyser, Muriel, 1913- fmo