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Typescript outline and notes for Omensetter’s Luck revised version, March 1954
Typescript outline and notes for Omensetter’s Luck revised version, March 1954
Table of contents of Nights and Days by James Merrill
Autograph and typescript draft of table of contents for Nights and Days by James Merrill.
The Black Swan by James Merrill
Typescript draft of The Black Swan by James Merrill.
Chapter XXI for A Different Person by James Merrill
Typescript draft of a portion of Chapter XXI of A Different Person by James Merrill.
Outline of A Different Person by James Merrill
Typescript outline for A Different Person by James Merrill.
The (Diblos) Notebook by James Merrill
Typescript draft forThe (Diblos) Notebook by James Merrill.
Table of contents of A Scattering of Salts by James Merrill
Typescript draft of table of contents for A Scattering of Salts by James Merrill.
A La Recherche du Temps Perdu: Impressionism in Literature by James Merrill
Typescript draft of A La Recherche du Temps Perdu: Impressionism in Literature by James Merrill. This was written during Merrill's senior year at Amherst, 1946-1947.
"Looking at Mummy"
"Looking at Mummy," Merrill's first poem at age 6, written in his mother's hand (so how much of it she may have written herself remains a question). This experience/poem later influenced “The Broken Home.”
"Days of 1935"
Published inBraving the Elements,"Days of 1935" was a fantasy narrative about being kidnapped as a boy, à la the "Lindbergh baby," reflecting a real fear the wealthy had after the kidnapping and death of Charles Lindbergh's infant son, in…