Description
This collection contains Dorn's fiction and non-fiction prose manuscripts, poetry manuscripts, unpublished works, and correspondence
with other writers such as Robert Creeley, Robert Duncan, Gary Snyder, Gilbert Sorrentino, Denise Levertov, and Philip Whalen.
Background
Edward Dorn, one of the poets that emerged from legendary Black Mountain College in the 1950s, was born in Villa Grove, Illinois.
He attended the University of Illinois and Eastern Illinois University before going to Black Mountain in 1951, where he studied
with Charles Olson. He has taught at several universities, including Idaho State University at Pocatello, the University of
Essex, the University of California at Riverside and at La Jolla, and the University of Colorado. In the meantime, over the
course of numerous volumes, he has written with the uncompromising commitment and persistent originality of a truly distinguished
poet. With the publication of The Collected Poems: 1956-1974 (1975) and the complete long poem Gunslinger (published as Slinger
in 1975), each of which makes more widely available works previously in limited circulation, it is unlikely Edward Dorn will
remain primarily the concern of an intimate audience, as he was during the 1970s. Readers increasingly speak of him as one
of the outstanding poets of his generation, and his writing warrants that recognition.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
(4 boxes)
Restrictions
While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not
an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission
or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
Availability
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.