[Autograph Letter, Signed, with Typed Manuscript Poem:] ELEGY FOR TWO DEAD POETS

Sewell, Elizabeth (1919-2001)

Published by London, 1951

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Typescript; 8 leaves, quarto. A.l.s.: 1 1/4pp. on single octavo sheet. Typescript rather creased, with short tears at corners, first two leaves dust-soiled at margins, letter modestly dust-spotted; good. An early work by the critic/poet/novelist, here forwarded to "Dear Miss [Erica] Marx," of the Hand & Flower Press: ".I'm sending along with this the long poem for you to see. I quite understand about the keeping up the length of the booklets. This will lead to a very mixed bag in my case . you can see and decide on the rest later." The typescript bears a few small manuscript tinkerings. The referenced pamphlet series is Marx's "Poems in Pamphlet," and it appears that Sewell was not published in the series. However, 1951 was an otherwise productive year: THE STRUCTURE OF POETRY appeared under Rutledge & Kegan Paul's imprint, and her first novel was published by Chatto & Windus. She became a US citizen in 1973 and in 1981, she won poetry, fiction, and nonfiction awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Seller Inventory # WRCLIT88447

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Title: [Autograph Letter, Signed, with Typed ...

Publisher: London

Publication Date: 1951