Letter from Cyril Stanley Smith to Kertesz, April 6 1976

Title

eng Letter from Cyril Stanley Smith to Kertesz, April 6 1976

Description

eng Dated April 12th, 1976, a typed letter from MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) professor Cyril Stanley Smith to Louise Kertesz, in response to her inquiries about Muriel Rukeyser’s Willard Gibbs and The Traces of Thomas Hariot. On page two of the letter, he defends Rukeyser's imaginative extension of facts, writing: "In some curious way there is greater truth in the emotional overtones that appeal to a poet than in the exactness of process..." Page 2 of 3.

Identifier

eng 018_LK_01_19_003.jpg

Creator

eng Cyril Stanley Smith

Date Created

eng April 12th, 1976

Medium

eng Paper

Subject

eng Louise Kertesz, Muriel Rukeyser, Female Poets, Correspondence, Photography

Is Part Of

eng 018.LK, Louise Kertesz papers

Contributor

eng Andrew Schick

Item sets

Louise Kertesz papers

Media

018_LK_01_19_003.jpg