LITERATURE AND MEDICINE; volume three: The Physician as Writer
Albany, NY: SUNY Albany, 1984. First Edition. 8vo, pp. 168 + adv. Bound in blue printed boards, a fine copy. Signed by the editor. Includes work by Dannie Abse, Daniel Hoffman, Michael Collins, and others. This volume was issued as a special homage to poet/physician Dannie Abse. Abse was a poet,author, doctor and playwright.He wrote and edited more than sixteen books of poetry,as well as fiction and a range of other publications. Item #54311
The file contains an exchange of letters from Claire to Dannie Abse as well as material from others re Abse and physicians who are also poets in the vein of William Carlos Williams.
LITERATURE AND MEDICINE FILE
Dannie Abse
Photo(B&W) by Abse, (6-1/2 x 4-3/4in) by Joseph Low
Photo (B&W) of Abse (9-3/4 x 6-3/4 in) by Gemma Levine
Folded PR sheet with holograph correction, listing bibliography and poem: "The Stethoscope"
ALS, 2 pages, August 10, 1981, responding to the news that Claire is to center his issue on Literature and Medicine on him,
TLS, 1 page, November 23, 1982, selected bibliography, etc.
ALS, 1 page, Jan 14, 1983, with mailing envelope: enclosing photograph, letter gone astray …
ALS, 1 page, April 17, ]19]83, airline form. About his coming to America
ALS, 1 page, May 3rd (1983?) to William Claire: enclosing poems, travel plans, etc)
ALS, 2 pages, May 23, 1983: enclosing a piece about him, his reaction, etc.
ALS, 1 page on airline form, to William Claire, July 1, 1986 (travel plans, contact information, book published, etc)
Photocopies of six letters from Claire to Abse
Typed first draft of letter from Claire to Dannie Abse
Photocopy of letter to Joyce Carol Oates
Photocopy of letter to Dr. William Ober
Photocopy of letter to Dr. Willaim Ober
Daniel Hoffman:
TLS, 29 November, 1981, about the book and it focus on Abse
TLS, December 15, 1982, 1 page,
TLS, 1 page, June 8, 1983
TLS, 3 August, 1983, on rights, etc for his article.
TLS, 15 April, 1984, includes corrections and comments on his piece on Dannie Abse
TLS from N. Kreitman, 1 page.
Photocopy of TLS from Claire to Kreitman, Feb 16, 1983
TLS, 2 pp from Norman Kreitman, Jan 30, 1983
TLS, 1 page from Norman Kreitman, April 18, 1983 (enclosing his piece on Dannie Abse)
TLS, 1 page March 9, 1983 from Delese Weare
TLS, 1 page, July 7, 1983 from Delese Wear, PhD
TLS, 2 pp, January 21, 1983 from William B Ober, MD
TLS, 1 page, February 22, 1983 from William Ober
TLS, May 10, 1984 from William Ober
TLS, 1 page, January 12, 1984 from Michael Collins, accompanying his article: "Dannie Abse: Poet and Physician"
TLS, 1 page from Albert Cook, December 10, 1982 enclosing a haiku about Dannie Abse
TLS, 1 page, May 1, 1980 from Anne Hudson Jones
TLS, 1-1/2 pages from Anne Hudson Jones, June 18, 1981
TLS, 1 page, July 27, 1981 from Anne Hudson Jones
TLS, 1 page from Anne Hudson Jones, November 25, 1985 : re Literature and Medicine
Offprint: The Healer- Patient/Family Relationship in Vonda N. McIntyre's "Of Mist and Grass and Sand" by Anne Hudson Jones, offprint from Perspectives in Biology and Medicine,
Winter, 1983
TLS, 1 page, Kathryn A Rabuzzi
ALS, 2 pp from Kathy A Rabuzzi
TLS, 1 page, Nov 30, 1981 from Jane Moss
TLS, 1 page, January 23, 1984 from Martin Kohn
TLS, 2 pages, September 7, 1979: re medical poetry
TLS, 1 page, March 17, 1983 from Lewis A Lawson
3 pages of galleys for Literature and Medicine
Cosmos Club, program from 19th award, May 10, 1982
TLS, 1 page, April 20, 1979 from Calwin H Plimpton
ALS, airline form from DF Brock, January 23, 1982
30 misc. TLS about the book.
Price: $360.00