Letters to James Korges

Collection

Identifier: MS 0016

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters written to James Korges in his capacity as editor of "Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction" by such literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, Dickey, Caroline Gordon, William Goyen, Frederick Manfred, Brian Moore, Anais Nin, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey, Tate, and Yvor Winters. Also included are a 1926 Theodore Dreiser letter and a letter written in 1953 by Sean O'Casey to Korges, then a senior at Rice University and editor of the student newspaper, "The Thresher".

Dates

Creation: 1926 - 1975

Creator

Korges, James (Person)

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored off-site at the Library Service Center. Please request this material via woodson@rice.edu or call 713-348-2586.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Letters to James Korges must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Note

Literary critic James Korges wrote about authors Erskine Caldwell and Anais Nin in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in addition to editing the journal, "Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction." Korges is a Rice University alumnus.

Extent

0.25 Linear Feet (1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

The collection consists of letters written to James Korges in his capacity as editor of ">Critique: Studies in Modern Fiction" by such literary figures as Erskine Caldwell, Dickey, Caroline Gordon, William Goyen, Frederick Manfred, Brian Moore, Anais Nin, Joyce Carol Oates, Ramsey, Tate, and Yvor Winters. Also included are a 1926 Theodore Dreiser letter and a letter written in 1953 by Sean O'Casey to Korges, then a senior at Rice University and editor of the student newspaper, "The Thresher."