Manuscripts of "Investiture at Cecconi's"
1) INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S. Revisions in pencil and ink.
2) INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S for David Kalstone.
3) INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S.
4) INVESTITURE AT CECCONI'S.
5) "Caro, that dream." Draft titles in pencil.
5 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
6) "one suspicious inch." Revisions in ink. See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
6 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
7) "Later, light full sleeves." See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
8) "A few weeks after learning." Revisions in pencil and ink.
8 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
9) "Caro, three nights <dreams> after the diagnosis" Revisions in ink. See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
10) "Fabrics, patterns? those I could see." Revisions in ink.
10 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
11) "She lurched off, made me welcome." Revisions in ink. See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
11 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
12) "Caro, that dream." Revisions typed over and in pencil.
13) "Sick, afraid, alone had no less arranged this. 15.i.86." See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
13 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
14) "half a cautious inch." Revisions in ink.
14 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
15) "Caro, three dreams." Revisions in ink.
15 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
16) "Ill afraid beyond all hope, fearful & ill." Revisions in ink.
17) "A few weeks after learning of your illness." On graph paper. See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
18) "Into whose full sleeves." Comment on Merrill's novel The Seraglio.
18 Verso) Page from Dorothy J. Farnan, Auden in Love (1984).
19) "Into full white sleeves my own arms." See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
19 Verso) "Caro, three nights after the diagnosis." See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
20) "A few weeks after learning you were ill." See a transcription at the Transcriptions link in left margin.
20 Verso) Letter to Merrill dated 10-27-85.
Select an image to view and enlarge text. The manuscripts are in the order Merrill placed them in before sending to Special Collections, Washington University.