M. (Michael) Kasper Collection of Guy Davenport and Christopher
Middleton:
An Inventory of thes Collection at the Harry Ransom Center
Creator:
Kasper, M. (Michael), 1947-
Title:
M. (Michael) Kasper Collection
Dates:
1979-2013
Extent:
1 document box (.42 linear feet)
Abstract:
Correspondence from Guy Davenport and
Christopher Middleton to Michael Kasper, author (as M. Kasper) of Open-Book and 20
trial
briefs.
Call Number:
Manuscript Collection MS-54118
Language:
English
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
M. (Michael) Kasper Collection (Manuscript Collection MS-54118). Harry Ransom Center,
The
University of Texas at Austin.
Michael Kasper, Author, and Reference Librarian at Amherst College, was born in 1947.
Scope and Contents
The letters to Kasper are from contemporary authors Guy Davenport and Christopher
Middleton. Davenport’s letters were over the span of 34 years, and Middleton’s were
over the
span of 19 years. In the letters, general health, admiration of the others’ works
and
humorous wordplay, are discussed.
Related Material
Ransom Center holdings that complement the Kasper Collection include the Guy Davenport
Papers, the Christopher Middleton Papers, and the the Christopher Middleton Collection.
