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McGann, Jerome: Death's Jest Book.
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SCA101-GA73-4-262
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(1928-2012)
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File consists of correspondence to and from Virgil Burnett relating to the script and possible production of "Death's Jest Book" as adapted for the stage by Jerome McGann. Includes photocopy of an annotated printed copy of the poem, 1 typescript (124 p., computer output) entitled "Death's Jest Book: a Posthumous Theatrical Travesty, in Three Acts, translated by Jerome McGann, from the Original Dramatical Fantasia by Thomal Lovell Beddoes." Includes 124 p. original typescript, photocopied stories and clippings by and about others, typescript (45 p., computer output) by Jerome McGann: "Byron and Wordsworth."
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Donated by Virgil Burnett in 2000.