Papers, 1955-1983 | WorldCat.org (original) (raw)

Summary:Primarily Elkin's literary mss. including plays, film scripts, essays, and stories, with the bulk of the material being mss. and editorial matter relating to his novels, in all stages of drafts from handwritten notes to word processor diskettes; together with extensive general and professional correspondence, mss. by other authors, teaching materials, and his own college literary papers. Correspondents include Doris G. Bargen, John Barth, Raymond Carver, Jerome Charyn, Robert Coover, Daniel Curley, William Gass, Herbert Gold, Daniel Halpern, Lamar Herrin, John Irving, Gordon Lish, Joseph McElroy, Howard Nemerov, Charles Newman, Joyce Carol Oates, Helen Vendler, Geoffrey Wolff, Tobias Wolff, and Hilma Wolitzer