Finding-Aid for the Patrick Bowles Letters (VMF121)

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents Note

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Collection Outline

Correspondence

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Biographical Note

Patrick Bowles was a writer, editor, and translator.

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Scope and Contents Note

Consists of seven letters from Patrick Bowles (1927-1995) to Richard 'Dick' Seaver (1927-2009). At the time these letters were written, Bowles was living between Paris, Berlin, and London. A masterful chronicler of events large and small, Bowles wrote to Seaver in high literary style, commenting on his own writing, impressions of middle Europe and recent visits with his collaborators on the literary journal Merlin, Alexander Trocchi and Christopher Logue. In addition, Bowles discusses Samuel Beckett, whose novel Molloy he translated from its original French, a book Seaver would play an instrumental role in publishing in America under the aegis of Grover Press.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Open.

Use Restriction

None

Users of the collections must read and abide by the Rules for the use of manuscript collection materials.

Users of the collections who wish to use items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication (as defined in the form) must sign and submit to the Washington University Department of Special Collections a hard copy of the Notification of intent publish manuscript collection materials form.

All publication not covered by fair use restricted to those who have permission of the copyright holder.

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Administrative Information

Accession 23946

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Box and Folder Listing

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