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Selected poems.

Author/creator Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974
Format Book and Print
Edition[2d] rev. and enl. ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Knopf, 1963.
Description110 pages ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content Front of book jacket
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorWarren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989 former owner.
Other author/creatorClark, Eleanor, 1913-1996 former owner.
Other author/creatorForman, Duane, former owner.
Other author/creatorRansom, Helen former owner.
Other author/creatorRansom, John Crowe, 1888-1974 former owner.
Contents Winter remembered -- Miriam Tazewell -- Dead boy -- Spectral lovers -- Agitato ma non troppo -- Necrological -- Bells for John Whiteside's daughter -- The tall girl -- First travels of Max -- Good ships -- Emily Hardcastle, spinster -- Parting at dawn -- Vaunting oak -- In process of a noble alliance -- Spiel of the three mountebanks -- Here lies a lady -- The vanity of the bright young men -- Conrad in twilight -- Armageddon -- Prometheus in straits -- Judith of Bethulia -- Blue girls -- Philomela -- Old man playing with children -- Captain Carpenter -- Old mansion -- Piazza piece -- Eclogue -- Vision by Sweetwater -- Her eyes -- Parting, without a sequel -- Hilda -- Janet waking -- Lady lost -- Two in August -- Persistent explorer -- Morning -- Somewhere is such a kingdom -- Old man pondered -- Antique harvesters -- Our two worthies -- Puncture -- Dog -- Man without sense of direction -- Survey of literature -- The equilibrists -- Prelude to an evening -- What ducks require -- Of Margaret -- Painted head -- Address to the scholars of New England -- Master's in the garden again -- Prelude to an evening: revised and explicated.
Local noteJoyner Wright Collection copy 30372016044635 inscribed "For Red [i.e., Robert Penn Warren] and Eleanor [Clark], Affectionately John Crowe Ransom." Includes dust jacket. Laid in: "JCR's Holograph revisions in this presentation copy to Robert Penn Warren" (undated) Typescript. Stuart Wright Book Collection #21.32. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, John Crowe Ransom Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Wright Collection copy 30372016044643 inscribed "To Duane [Forman] and Helen [Ransom], Affectionately, John [Crowe Ransom], June 17, 1963." Laid in: Stuart Wright note: "Inscribed by JCR to his daughter and son-in-law, parents of novelist Robb Forman Dew. Pub. 21 June 63 (See Abbott)" (undated) Edited typescript. Includes dust jacket. Stuart Wright Book Collection #21.41. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, John Crowe Ransom Papers, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
Local noteJoyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017214534 Stuart Wright Book Collection #134.9. See also related manuscript material in the Stuart Wright Collection, #1169, in Joyner Library Special Collections.
References Abbott, C. John Crowe Ransom, A16.1
Acquisitions source Joyner Wright Coll. copy 30372017214534 purchased from Stuart Wright, 2011
Acquisitions source Other Joyner Wright Collection copies purchased from Stuart Wright, 2010
Issued in other formOnline version: Ransom, John Crowe, 1888-1974. Selected poems. [2d] rev. and enl. ed. New York, Knopf, 1963
LCCN 63012791

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Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3535.A635 A6 1963 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3535.A635 A6 1963 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner Stuart Wright Collection PS3535.A635 A6 1963 ✔ Available Request Material