Works by and about Marianne Moore, 1957-1971

Series II. comprises manuscripts by and about Moore. Subseries II.A. includes material pertaining to Faber & Faber's publication of the British edition of Like a Bulwark , which consists of a corrected copy of the American edition, corrected typescripts, notes, and proofs. Moore signed the title page of the corrected volume at Wilson's request. Also included in this series are Moore's handwritten lecture notes on Christian iconography and a typescript of a eulogy for American editor and literary critic Morton Dauwen Zabel (1902-1964). Series II.B. contains a dissertation written by Jeffrey Bowman Kindley titled Efforts of Affection: The Poetry of Marianne Moore and submitted to Columbia University as a requirement for completion of his doctorate.