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Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1948-1959.
BANC MSS 86/29 c
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Title:
Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1948-1959Robert Duncan papers
Creator/Contributor:
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988, creatorCreator/Contributor:
Ryan, John Allen.Abstract:
The papers include letters from Duncan to John Allen Ryan, typescript copies of poems by Duncan, and holographs and typescript
copies of poems by a variety of poets.
Date:
1948 (issued)Subject:
Duncan, Robert -- 1919-1988 -- ArchivesPoets, American -- California
Poetry, Modern -- 20th century
Note:
Robert Edward Duncan papers, 1948-1959, BANC MSS 86/29 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
In English.
Robert Duncan (1919-1988) is a major figure in the Projectivist School of poetry. The Oakland born poet attended the University
of California, Berkeley, where he served as editor of the Berkeley Miscellany (1948-1949). Duncan is the author of Heavenly
City, Earthly City (1947); Medieval Sciences (1950); Roots and Branches (1964); and Bending the Bow (1969).
Originally owned by John Allen Ryan.
Originally owned by John Allen Ryan.
Type:
Poems.Physical Description:
print
1 box (.25 linear feet)
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC MSS 86/29 c