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"Lost in Translation"

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Title

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.

Creator

Merrill, James

Source

James Merrill Papers (MSS083) - Box 133, Folder 3338

Date

Circa 1972

Rights

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

Relation

Series_IV_Manuscripts

Exhibit Cases 1-2: Love and Money

James Merrill: Life and Art, pp. 521-2

Format

4 leaves. Recto.

4 jpegs. 600 ppi.

Language

English

Type

Manuscript

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

Citation

Merrill, James, “"Lost in Translation" ,” WUSTL Digital Gateway Image Collections & Exhibitions, accessed April 27, 2024, http://omeka.wustl.edu/omeka/items/show/12682.