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Edmund Wilson letters to William Stanley Dell
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Edmund Wilson letters to William Stanley Dell, 1915-1971.
Physical Description
0.21 linear ft. (1 box)
Language
English
Provenance
Gift of William Stanley Dell, 1972.
Organization
Arranged chronologically.
Biographical / Historical Note
Edmund Wilson (1895-1972), American literary critic and author.
W. S. (William Stanley) Dell was a contemporary and friend of Edmund Wilson at the Hill School and Princeton University. Dell was later a translator of works of C. G. Jung.
Summary
36 ALS and TLS, most dated 1915-1920s. Letters concern their friendship, Princeton University, Wilson's service in the First World War, their views on literature, writings by Wilson and Dell for periodicals, and Wilson's work as an editor for Vanity Fair and the New Republic. Early letters include a postscript from Alfred Raymond Bellinger to Dell and an an enclosed letter from Norman Kemp Smith to Wilson. Later letters concern Wilson's autobiographical writings.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
May 03, 2004
References
Edmund Wilson Letters to William Stanley Dell. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Edmund Wilson Letters to William Stanley Dell. Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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