BIB_ID
454250
Accession number
MA 4817.9
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.9 x 17.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on blue stationery typed with "The Old Park / PENN / Bucks."
Envelope with censor's label, stamped and postmarked to "Mr Edward Wagenknecht / University of Washington / Dept. of English / Seattle / USA."
Envelope with censor's label, stamped and postmarked to "Mr Edward Wagenknecht / University of Washington / Dept. of English / Seattle / USA."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Acknowledging letter from May 24; expressing concerns in response to a proposal; citing a lack of time, unfamiliarity with current critical work, fiction, and American modernism; asking "What precise period have you in mind, and how long a book?"; thinking that there will be a lot of work before Holt makes the decision; planning to write more fully later; wishing he could attend reading of "Seaton's Aunt"; mentioning that "Pleasures and Speculations" will be published at the end of the month but no American edition yet; adding well wishes in postscript; reflecting on the dominant mood of War.
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