Hazard Adams papers, 1952-2013

Scope and Content: Writings: "An Antithetical Turn" draft, typescript, and publication in "Modern Literature and Theory Revisited" (1996) and "Why Literature Matters" (1996); "The Book of Yeats's Vision" page proofs (1995); "The Farm at Richwood" typescripts, page proofs, printed copy (1997); International Conference on Humanities Discourse remarks on 1994 and 1995 meetings, "Alexander K. Gavrilov Introduction" (1996), and "Four Problems for Humanistic Thought" (1997); "Many Pretty Toys" (undated) partial typescript.

Scope and Content: Correspondence (1997), writings: "Home" drafts, typescripts (undated); "Why Is There No Tradition of Defense of Poetry in Chinese Culture; Or, Why Has There Had To Be One In The West?" typescript, paper for International Conference on Humanities Discourse (ICHD), (undated); "Origin(ality)" typescript and manuscript, paper for ICHD meeting in Taiwan, (1998); "Conference 2" typescript, "Quest and Cycle" and "Insiders and Outsiders" manuscripts, papers presented at the ICHD at Irvine, CA (1995); "Ekphrasis Revisited, or Antitheticality Reconstructed" drafts, typescript and manuscripts, for volume dedicated to Murray Krieger to be published by University of California Press (undated); "The Wizard of Continental" drafts, typescripts and manuscripts (1999); "The Offense of Poetry" drafts, typescripts and manuscripts (1997); "The History of Criticism and Theory in the West" draft, typescripts and manuscripts of four lectures in Taiwan (1998), publication (1999); MANY PRETTY TOYS drafts, typescripts (1997, 1998), published novel (1999). Span dates for this accession are 1995-1999.

Scope and Content: Manuscripts, reviews, speeches, books; 1999-2001. Includes drafts and typescripts of Adams' "The Offense of Poetry", "Home", "Four Lectures on the History of Criticism and Theory in the West", and "What Rough Beast?", published works of fiction and literary criticism.