"Be sure your joy ..." (published title "Though Lying with Woman")

File — Box: 5, Folder: 1

Staff Only

Scope and Contents note

From the Series:

Summary: This box contains twenty folders of poems written in the years 1940 to 1942 and perhaps gathered for the New Directions edition of The Residual Years. This group of poems seems to comprise Section II, including "The Hare: An Earlier Episode". It completes part II of The Residual Years, arranged in reverse order. Also included in the box is one ephemeron, a print (3 x 5) of an old woodcut.

Dates

Creation: 1940-1942

Access

Collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 11.9 Linear Feet (31 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General Physical Description note

Ms.: 2 p. of working drafts. "The swinging giant ..." (published title "Though Lying with Woman"). Ms. and Ts.: 2 p. of working drafts. NO, NOT EVER Ms. and Ts.: 42 leaves of working drafts.