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"Looking at Mummy"

Dublin Core

Title

"Looking at Mummy"

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Description

"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.”

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 78, Folder 2041

Date

1932: October 29

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Relation

Series_I_Correspondence

Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money

James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 12-14

Format

1 leaf. Recto.

1 jpeg. 600 dpi.

Language

English

Type

Correspondence

Identifier

Looking_at_Mummy_JM-to-HIP-19321029.jpg

Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Citation

Merrill, James, “"Looking at Mummy" ,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12630.