Rex Warner papers
Scope and Contents
The Rex Warner papers consist of correspondence, autobiographical materials, photographs, draft manuscripts, and galley and page proofs for twelve of Warner's published works: Why Was I Killed?; The Medea of Euripides; The Wild Goose Chase; Poems (1937); Poems and Contradictions; The Professor; The Cult of Power; The Hippolytus; Men of Stones; The Aerodrome; Xenophone; and Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Dates
- Creation: 1936-1970
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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The material is stored offsite . Please request materials 3 days ahead of your visit.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright is retained by the authors of the items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. For photocopy and duplication requests, please contact the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections, Michigan State University Libraries.
Biographical / Historical
Rex Warner was a British novelist, Greek scholar, poet, translator, and critic. He was born on March 9, 1905, Birmingham, Warwickshire, and died on June 24, 1986 in Wallingford, Oxfordshire. After graduating from Wadham College, Oxford in 1928, Warner was a schoolteacher in England and Egypt. In the 1940s he served as director of the British Institute in Athens. He moved to the United States in 1961 and was professor of English at the University of Connecticut from 1964 to 1974. (Encyclopedia Britannica)
Extent
1.3 Linear Feet (2 boxes) ; Box 1: 33 x 25 x 39.5 cm; Box 2: 13 x 26 x 32 cm
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The papers are arranged by correspondence and then by book drafts in roughly chronological order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Collection acquired by purchase from Julia Greenwood in 1965.
Processing Information
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- Title
- Finding Aid for the Rex Warner papers
- Status
- 4 Published And Cataloged
- Author
- Unknown.
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Repository Details
Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository