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The common shore : uncorrected proofs and letter

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Call Number:
F0836
Repository:
University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Extent:
2 item
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
MSS 0099, F836A-B, Robert Kelley, The common shore : uncorrected proofs and letter, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
Date:
1969 june 19 (inclusive)
Creator:
Kelley, Robert, 1935-
Form:
Page proofs and Letters (correspondence)
Abstract:
Author's uncorrected proofs for Robert Kelley's "The Common Shore" and an accompanying letter written by Kelly to publisher John Martin of Black Sparrow Press in which he lists corrections and offers ideas for the book's design.

American poet, short story writer, essayist, novelist, editor, and educator Robert Kelly has created a large body of work, much of which is experimental and which focuses on different modes of expression.

He has also encouraged other writers of experimental poetry and fiction through developing writing courses, holding workshops. Kelly has promoted their work in several literary magazines which he co-founded, such as

Chelsea Review, Trobar, Matter, and Sulfur. Kelly is the Asher B. Edelman Professor of Languages and Literature at Bard College in New York, where he has taught since 1961.

Poetry Foundation. http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poet.html (accessed February 18, 2009).

This small collection comprises the author's uncorrected proofs for Robert Kelley's "The Common Shore" and an accompanying letter, dated June 19, 1969, to Black Sparrow publisher John Martin.

In addition to Kelly's corrections, the proofs bear an inscription on the title page written by the author to the publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press. Kelley's three-page letter written to John Martin lists corrections and offers suggestions for the design of "The Common Shore."

The proofs are housed in a slipcase in folder F0836A and the letter is in F0836B.

Box 56, F0836: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Purchase, November 2008.

Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, December 2008, and February 2009. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015.

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

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University of Delaware Library Special Collections
Finding Aid Author
University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
Finding Aid Date
2009 February 20
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Collection Inventory

Robert Kelley, "The Common Shore," uncorrected proofs, June 19, 1969.
Box 56 Folder F0836A
Scope and Contents

Author's uncorrected proofs for Robert Kelley's "The Common Shore." In addition to Kelly's corrections, the proofs bear an inscription on the title page written by the author to the publisher, John Martin of Black Sparrow Press.

Physical Description

1 item (69 pp.)

Robert Kelly letter to John Martin, June 19, 1969.
Box 56 Folder F0836B
Scope and Contents

Robert Kelley's three-page letter written to John Martin lists corrections and offers suggestions for the design of "The Common Shore."

Physical Description

1 item (3 pp.)

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