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American Literary Studies
Review of Contemporary Fiction/
Dalkey Archive Press: 1980 - 1988
The Collection
Location: Department of Special Collections, Green Library
Size: 30 linear feet
Call number: M0507
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Special Collections by telephone at (650) 725-1022, by electronic mail
at speccollref@stanford.edu or by regular mail at the Department of Special
Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94305-6004.
History of The Review of Contemporary Fiction/Dalkey Archive Press:
John O'Brien founded The Review of Contemporary Fiction (RCF)
in 1980 and established the Dalkey Archive Press three years later. Since
its inaugural Spring 1981 issue, RCF has appeared with exact regularity
three times a year. Each number is devoted to one or two contemporary
figures, predominantly American and British but also some European and
Latin American writers as well. The contents of a typical number include
original work by the writer featured, an interview with him or her, a
memoir or other biographical reminiscence by literary colleagues, and
several extended critical articles. The Dalkey Archive Press began as
a modest adjunct to RCF, issuing reprints of books by writers featured
in the journal, or associated with those writers. Then in 1986, O'Brien
began issuing original works.
Content: Correspondence, literary manuscripts, typescripts, proofs
and final copies, as well as interviews with contemporary writers. There
is an addition to the collection that is shelved separately, accession
number 1990-108. It includes 18 volumes of uncorrected galleys, 1986-1990
Scope and Organization: The collection is divided into three
series.
Series I is composed of material directly related to
issues of the RCF published from the Spring of 1981 to the
Spring of 1988. Arranged in chronological order, issues typically
begin with an interview
and correspondence between John O'Brien, editor of the RCF,
and the featured writer. Included are such authors as Gilbert Sorrentino,
Hubert Selby, Jr., Charles Bukowski, and Harry Mathews. The interviews
are followed by correspondence between O'Brien and potential contributors
of the issues. Then, following the correspondence are preliminary drafts
of the articles sent to O'Brien from the contributors. And finally
within
each issue are the typist's and text copy of the articles as they are
to appear in the published edition.
Series II is composed of material from the Dalkey Archive
Press. This series is divided into both correspondence and published
book
material. The primary texts mentioned in this series are: Beastmeat
of the MacFaustus Festival Book by James Liddy, The Corpse Dream
of N. Petkov and Going to Patchoque by Thomas McGonigle, Wittgenstein's
Mistress and Keeper of the Ghost by David Markson, 20 Lines
a Day by Harry Mathews, Where Do You Put the Horses? by
Paul Metcalf, Our Share of Time by Yves Navarre, Mise-en-Scene by
Claude Ollier, Pierrot Mon Ami by Raymond Queneau, and The
Banks of the Sea by Kenneth Tindall.
Series III consists of the original materials that John
O'Brien edited and published as Interviews with Black Writers (1973).
The writers interviewed are Arna Bontemps, Cyrus Colter, William Demby,
Owen Dodson, Ralph Ellison, Ernest J. Gaines, Michael Harper, Robert
Hayden,
Clarence Major, Julian Mayfield, Ann Petry, Ishmael Reed, Alice Walker,
John Wideman, John Williams, Charles Wright, and Al Young
Last modified:
July 5, 2006
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