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Title Unidentified, First names only, A-G, Jack Conroy incoming correspondence, n.d., 1942, 1978

Creator Conroy, Jack, 1898-1990

Date n.d., 1942, 1978

Language English

Subjects New Left

Format Correspondence

User-Contributed Transcription Matthews whose Talking to the Moon you may have
reviewed. I am sure he is versed in the lore of
the Osage. His publishers you recall were Univ.
of Chicago Press. I enjoyed his books a great deal.
One of the curious things that Fraser brings out is
that these stories and traditions of Antiquity are
frequently enough paraphrased int he lore of
barbarous or semi-barbarous peoples. In
the old French Tristan[?] of Ber[?] there is a
curious circumstance- a metamorphosis that
is arrested so to speak. After certain things
take place King Marc grows asses' ears on
his head. I think E.A. Robinson used Beroul's
version for his poem, Tristan, in English. In
the Arthurian legends there is probably more
of the sort. The Celts were strong for such conceits.
As its the fantasy in current or contemporary
literature there must be a great deal of it. Some
that I recall is not exactly to the point but
I should say mean enough. For instance did
you ever read Saki's[?] (Munro) Tabermary?
The irony of it is superb. However the transformation
is here taken for granted. We are
presented with a cat that can talk much to
its misters' consternation. Then there is Penguin
[??], a whole race of penguins which are
really men, Frenchmen, if I remember correctly.
You probably have read that Gulliver-like [?]
I must refer to a little-known novel translated

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Archival Collection Title Jack Conroy papers

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Call Number Midwest MS Conroy Box 37 Folder 1753

BibID 992006198805867

Projects Tag IMLS Cares 2020

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