Summary

Creator:	Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968
Date(s):	1928 October 20
Call Number:	MSS 0099, F0873
Language:	Materials entirely in English.
Abstract:	American poet Witter Bynner wrote this letter to Helen Bramble, editor of The Forum, for publication in the periodical. The three-page letter was written in support of Arthur Ficke's lengthy poem, "The Return of Christ," which was published in The Forum in December 1928.
Physical Description:	1 item (3 pages)
Source:	Purchase, July 2010.
Processing:	Processed and encoded by Anita Wellner, July 2010. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015. Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Biographical and Historical Notes

Witter Bynner (1881-1968)

American poet, editor, lecturer, and translator Witter Bynner became widely known through a literary hoax, a parody of free verse titled Spectra, which he created with Arthur Ficke. Bynner was literary editor and assistant editor for McClure's Magazine from 1902-1906 and later was a lecturer on poetry throughout the United States. His work, The Jade Mountain, was the first complete volume of Chinese poetry to be translated by an American.

Witter Bynner was born August 10, 1881, in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on June 1, 1968.

Sources

"Witter Bynner." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 2010).

Sources

Biographical note about Helen Bramble derived from the letter.

Helen Bramble

Helen Bramble was an editor at The Forum magazine.

Sources

"Witter Bynner." Contemporary Authors Online (reproduced in Biography Resource Center). http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC (accessed July 2010).

Biographical note about Helen Bramble derived from the letter.

Scope and Content Note

Witter Bynner wrote this letter to Helen Bramble, editor of The Forum, for publication in the periodical. The three-page letter was written in support of Arthur Ficke's lengthy poem, "The Return of Christ," which was published in The Forum in December 1928. In this letter Bynner defended the content and implications of the Ficke's poem. He expressed his own misgivings about "Christianization of China" based on his observations during the time he lived in China.

Using these materials

Shelving Summary

Box 61, F0873: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.

Access Information

The collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation

MSS 0099, F0873, Witter Bynner letter to Helen Bramble, Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.

Related Materials in this Repository

This item forms part of MSS 0099 Miscellaneous Literary and Historical Manuscripts.

MSS 0099, F0027, Witter Bynner letter and poem to Dierkes.

MSS 0199, F0005, Michel Farano papers.

MSS 0111, F0028, Louis Untermeyer papers.

MSS 0110, F0043, Archive of Pagany.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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Names & Subjects

Names

• Bramble, Helen
• Bramble, Helen--Correspondence
• Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968
• Bynner, Witter, 1881-1968--Correspondence
• Ficke, Arthur Davison, 1883-1945
• The Forum

Subjects

• Missionaries--China--History--20th century
• Poets
• Poets, American--20th century--Correspondence

Formats

• correspondence