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"Elizabeth, you should have"

Dublin Core

Title

"Elizabeth, you should have"

Subject

Merrill, James, 1926-1995

Description

A three-page draft of an unfinished, untitled poem from winter 1992 addressing Elizabeth Bishop. It is an "uncharacteristically awkward" but powerful poem about "raw life" prevailing over "graceful art."

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 130, Folder 3147

Date

Circa winter 1992

Relation

Series_IV_Manuscripts
Exhibit Cases 9-10: Love and Death
James Merrill Life and Art, pp. 759-60
See also See also Merrill reading "The Victor Dog" (dedicated to Bishop) and Bishop's "One Art" and October 8 & 10, 1979 Séances

Format

3 leaves. Recto.
3 jpegs. 600 dpi.

Language

English

Type

Manuscript

Identifier

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Rights Holder

Washington University in St. Louis

Citation

Merrill, James, “"Elizabeth, you should have" ,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed May 3, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12661.