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Date(s)
- 1967 (Creation)
Extent
1 folder, 5 items, 5 pages
Name of creator
Biographical history
At the time of writing, Robert Barton was working on a dissertation about "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and had begun as an instructor at Rutgers University.
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Scope and content
This group of letters contains two original letters from Barton to Merton and two carbon copies from Merton to Barton. It is partly a scholarly discussion about "Sir Gawain", Arthurian legend, and Milton; in addition, the two men discuss the current political climate of Vietnam through the lens of literature and mythology.
System of arrangement
Records are arranged chronologically. Records are not divided into Series.
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Conditions governing access
Regulations governing use of the collection can be found here: (‹https://bellarmine.libraryhost.com/index.php/rules›).
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See also published letters from Merton to Barton in «The Road to Joy» (‹https://bellarmine.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=no%3A26858205›), pp. 356-358.