1967-08-26, TALS Barton to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your prompt reply. It was quite encouraging. There has'

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1967-08-26, TALS Barton to Merton, 'Thank you very much for your prompt reply. It was quite encouraging. There has'

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  • 1967 August 26 (Creation)

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1 page(s); Typed signed letter with holograph (handwritten) annotations.

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(1935-)

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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: "Thank you very much for your prompt reply. It was quite encouraging. There has been a hiatus of"... Contents index: Arthur's Camelot and Washington [D.C.] / Milton poem "Mansus" and "Jerusalem Conquered" / Arthur and Satan / meaning of Merton's use of "spook collections" / acedia, the noonday demon and Washington.

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  • English

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    to Thomas Merton from: Barton, Robert Joyce

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