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Identification: MSS 099, F836
Creator: Kelley, Robert, 1935-
Title: "The Common Shore" : uncorrected proofs and letter
Inclusive Dates: 1969 June 19
Extent: 2 items
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.
Language: Materials entirely in English.
MSS 099, F836A-B, Robert Kelley, "The Common Shore" : uncorrected proofs and letter, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
F836A-B: Shelved in SPEC MSS 099 manuscript boxes
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Purchase, November 2008.
Processed by Anita Wellner, December 2008. Encoded by Anita Wellner, February 2009.
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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.
Sources:
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 836A and the letter is in F836B.
Robert Kelley, "The Common Shore," uncorrected proofs, June 19, 1969 [Box 56 F836A]
1 item (69 pp.)
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.
Robert Kelly letter to John Martin, June 19, 1969 [Box 56 F836B]
1 item (3 pp.)
Robert Kelley's three-page letter written to John Martin lists corrections and offers suggestions for the design of "The Common Shore."
