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[Typescript drafts and correspondence with Targ Editions for Mercy of a Rude Stream]
- Title
- [Typescript drafts and correspondence with Targ Editions for Mercy of a Rude Stream]
- Author
- Roth, Henry.
- Publication
- Albuquerque, N.M. ; Castelldefels, Spain; Seville, Spain : 1965- 1986.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll Roth, H T37 1965 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
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- Description
- 3 manuscript boxes; 1.5 linear feet.
- Summary
- Files from Targ Editions for Henry Roth and the first two volumes of his fiction tetralogy, Mercy of a Rude Stream, respectively titled A Star Shines Over Mt. Morris Park and A Diving Rock on the Hudson; with excerpt from his 1979 memoir, Nature’s First Green.
- Contains over 500 pages of typescript drafts, including a corrected typescript and proofs of portions of Nature’s First Green ; an annotated typescript of A Star Shines, heavily emended and annotated by Roth ; and a typescript of A Diving Rock, with Roth’s typed corrections and occasional autograph marks.
- With over 50 typed letters, signed, and often-substantive postcards, signed, from Roth to William Targ, publisher of Targ Editions and Roth’s friend ; roughly 20 carbon copies of Targ’s letters to Roth ; and 20+ letters and postcards from Roth to Roslyn Targ, his literary agent.
- Subjects
- East Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Memoirs
- Roth, Henry. Nature’s first green
- Incest > Fiction
- Jewish writers > United States
- Roth, Henry. Mercy of a rude stream
- Jews > United States > Social life and customs > 20th century
- Jews > United States > Social conditions > 20th century
- Authors and publishers > United States > 20th century > Correspondence
- Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
- Writer’s block
- Jews > United States > Attitudes toward Israel > Fiction
- Antisemitism > New York (State) > New York > Fiction
- Jews > Lower East Side (New York, N.Y.)
- Access (note)
- Restricted access ;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll Roth, H T37 1965
- OCLC
- 1020307602
- Author
- Roth, Henry.
- Title
- [Typescript drafts and correspondence with Targ Editions for Mercy of a Rude Stream]
- Imprint
- Albuquerque, N.M. ; Castelldefels, Spain; Seville, Spain : 1965- 1986.
- Access
- Restricted access ; request permission in holding division.
- Note
- Roth, Muriel.Targ, Roslyn.Targ, William, 1907- .
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- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll Roth, H T37 1965