Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
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Title
Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Description
Journal 59 includes numerous pages of early holograph notes and drafts toward "The Broken Home," one of which is included here. Merrill's most autobiographical poem to date, "The Broken Home" centered on his parents' troubled relationship. It was eventually published in The New Yorker and then in Nights and Days.
Creator
Merrill, James
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 117, Folder 2907
Date
1964 : March 18
Relation
Series_II_Journals
Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 360-3
See also James Merrill's Poetry Manuscripts pages on "The Broken Home"
See also "Looking at Mummy"
Format
1 leaf. Recto.
1 jpeg. 600 ppi.
Language
English
Type
Manuscript
Identifier
JNL59_pg92.jpg
Rights Holder
Washington University in St. Louis
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Citation
Merrill, James, “Journal 59 - "The Broken Home" drafts
,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 4, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12633.