| Scope and content |
Papers of Robert Buffington (1979), documenting the life of the noted Illinois-born American literary critic and educator, biographer of John Crowe Ransom and proposed biographer of Allen Tate, who was also managing editor at The University of Georgia Press, consisting of an article entitled Young Hawk Circling, related to the early life of Allen Tate, originally published in The Southern Review (Fall 1979). |
| Access restriction | No access restrictions. |
| Cite as |
Stuart Wright Collection: Robert Buffington Papers (#1169-043), 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, 7/20/2012. |
| Biographical note | Robert Buffington was born in Illinois but grew up in Georgia and Florida. He has taught at Louisiana State University, Vanderbilt, Rollins, Western Illinois, and Florida State University. He was the co-editor of the University of Georgia Press Poetry Series and has written, The Equilibrist: A Study of John Crowe Ransom's Poems (1967). |
