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Novels: manuscripts, drafts, notes, proofs, etc., 1944-80 (Brill Among The Ruins to The Man Who Knew Kennedy)

 Series
Identifier: M014.1

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Series Description:

Notes; manuscript and typescript drafts, some with holographic corrections; proofs, corrected and uncorrected; layouts; reviews; letters; and other material related to the writing and publication of Bourjaily's novels, stored in the author's original order. The envelopes and folders in which they material came are preserved at the beginning of each box because of extensive notations by Bourjaily. The novels are The End of My Life (1947), The Hound of Earth (1955), The Violated (1958), Confessions of a Spent Youth (1960), The Unnatural Enemy (1963), The Man Who Knew Kennedy (1967), Brill Among the Ruins (1970), Country Matters (1973), Now Playing at Canterbury (1976), A Game Men Play (1980), and the unpublished The Sun Follower, or, The Hero of Friday Afternoon.

Dates

  • Creation: 1942 - 1984

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is stored offsite and must be requested at least 1 full business day in advance for retrieval. Contact Special Collections & Archives before visiting. Otherwise, no restrictions.

Extent

7 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the George J. Mitchell Department of Special Collections & Archives, Bowdoin College Library, Brunswick, Maine 04011 Repository

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