Dublin Core
Title
"Lost in Translation"
Subject
Merrill, James, 1926-1995
Description
In this popular poem, Merrill reminisces about the summer of 1937, waiting for and then working on a jigsaw puzzle with his governess, Zelly, and her teaching him "her languages." "Lost in Translation" is often cited as Merrill's greatest short poem. Included here are four of a total seventy-two manuscript pages in the James Merrill Papers. "Lost in Translation" was published in The New Yorker and then Divine Comedies.
Source
James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 133, Folder 3338
Relation
Series_IV_Manuscripts
Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money
James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 521-2
Identifier
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_037.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_038.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_039.jpg
MSS083_3338_LostInTranslation_040.jpg
Rights Holder
Washington University in St. Louis