Autograph and typescript drafts with corrections of "For May Swenson" by Mona Van Duyn. Published in Poetry(January 1991) and collected in Firefall (1993).
The first hour of Gass's lecture, titled "Four Theories of Love," delivered in Hurst Lounge on the Washington University in St. Louis campus. The theories of love are from Plato, Stendhal (19th Century French writer), Rainer Maria Rilke and Sigmund…
Typescript drafts with corrections of "Four Voices" by James Dickey. Dickey reviews The Brass Serpent by T. Carmi, No Voyage by May Oliver, A Time of Bees by Mona Van Duyn, and Fingers of Hermes by Radcliffe Squires.
This typescript draft page (one among 265 draft pages) centers on James Merrill comforting Psyche (and himself) over her (and his) realization of the limitations of love and self-knowledge. "From the Cupola" was published inNights and Days.See also…