A Guide to the Letter to Mr. Reynolds, March 18, 1962 Warren, Robert Penn, Letter to Mr. Reynolds, 1962 8336-e

A Guide to the Letter to Mr. Reynolds, March 18, 1962

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Accession Number 8336-e

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Repository

Special Collections, University of Virginia Library

Accession number

8336-e

Title

Letter to Mr. Reynolds, March 18, 1962

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 1 page, TLS.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Letter to Mr. Reynolds, March 18, 1962, Accession #8336-e , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased by the Library from Jerry Showalter, Ivy, Virginia, on August 9, 1994.

Scope and Content Information

This letter, written on March 18, 1962, from Robert Penn Warren, Fairfield, Connecticut, to a Mr. Reynolds, defines the ethics of a "writer qua writer" as writing as well as he can, and says that these ethics may "fall foul of his ethics as a man."