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MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Spender, Stephen Harold, 1909-1995

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Descriptive Summary

Record Group: Section A - Correspondence

Dates of materials: 1959, 1973

Volume: 3 item(s); 3 pg(s)

Scope and Content

Stephen Spender does not think Merton's "Letter to an Innocent Bystander" would be a good fit for Encounter magazine, but suggests Tempo Presente in Rome.

Biography

Stephen Spender was a British poet, critic and essayist. He was part of the "Oxford poets" movement. His circle included W. H. Auden, Isaiah Berlin, Louis MacNiece, Bernard Spencer, Christopher Isherwood, and C. Day Lewis. At the time of writing, he was editor of Encounter magazine. (Source: "Spender, Stephen" Obituary from Current Biography. 1995. Online. Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 22 May 2006. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)

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SeriesDateTypeTo/FromFirst LinesPubFull TextNotes
 1959/01/no? HLSto MertonI was away in Poland when your letter and contribution arrived here, or I would have written sooner.  [December 1973 Trust letter suggests a date of 1964, though the letter is not dated; however, Merton's journal entry of January 17, 1959, refers to the context of this letter]
 1973/11/30 TLS[x]from Center to Spender, StephenMr. Victor Kramer at Georgia State University has requested permission to look at your   
 1973/12/08 TL[x]from Center to Spender, StephenWould you be so kind as to come to my aid in the current work on the Merton correspondence.   
        

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