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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-024-#01
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1967-08-07, TALS to Merton, 'My hope is that you might explain your poem, "Fall '66" which appeared in the «New'
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- 1967 August 7 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.
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(1935-)
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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First lines: "My hope is that you might explain your poem, "Fall '66" which appeared in the «New York Review»"... Contents index: asking source of Latin quote from "Fall '66" article "Arturumque…" / "Why '«green»' bearded Arthur" / using Merton's view of Arthur in dissertation on "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and comparisons to Augustine, Gregory, Bonaventura, Richard Rolle / Barton's bio / how he was introduced to Merton's work.
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- English
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to Thomas Merton from: Barton, Robert Joyce