| Scope and content |
Papers of Cleanth Brooks (1951-1986) documenting his life and literary career, consisting of loose manuscript items transferred from the Stuart Wright Book Collection, including Brooks' signed contract to sell his books and literary periodicals to Stuart Wright & correspondence between Brooks, George Garrett & Stuart Wright; also a reprint of Milton and the New Criticism, by Cleanth Brooks (1951). |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Stuart Wright Collection: Cleanth Brooks Papers (#1169-042), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. |
| Terms of use | Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law. |
| Acquisitions source |
Joyner- Purchased from Stuart Wright, 10/27/2011, 7/20/2012. |
| Biographical note | Cleanth Brooks (1906-1994) was a noted Murray, Kentucky-born American editor, literary critic and educator at Yale University, who was influential in the New Criticism movement as editor of The Southern Review, 1935-1942. |
