How to save your own life : a novel : manuscript

Collection

Identifier: MSS 0099-F0840

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

This typescript manuscript of How to Save Your Own Life : a novel, written by Erica Jong in 1977, bears light corrections.

The typescript bears the copyright date of 1977 and comprises 8 preliminary pages and 341 numbered pages. The half-title page bears the autograph signature of the author, while the full title page denotes the publishers as "Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York." The typescript contains some hand-penned annotations and revisions in ink.

This novel continues the story of Isadora Wing, the protagonist from Jong's earlier novel Fear Of Flying, three years after the events depicted in the first novel. Preliminary pages include "About the book" and "About the author."

Dates

Creation: 1977

Creator

Jong, Erica (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials entirely in English.

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, http://library.udel.edu/spec/askspec/

Erica Jong

Feminist novelist, poet, and essayist Erica Jong has published 20 books, including eight novels, six volumes of poetry, six books of non-fiction, and numerous articles in magazines and newspapers.

In her first novel, Fear of Flying (1973), she introduced Isadora Wing, who is also a central character in three subsequent novels: How to Save Your Own Life (1977), Parachutes and Kisses (1984), and Any Woman's Blues (1990).

Erica Jong, best-selling author of Fear of Flying and Seducing the Demon, http://www.ericajong.com (accessed May 7, 2009).