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The Alice Kaplan Collection of Céline Survey Materials, circa 1991-1997, primarily
comprises the responses Kaplan received to her Céline survey questionnaire, the
bulk
of which date between 1991-1992. Also included are Kaplan’s preliminary research
materials, mailing lists, a transcript from a 1992 conference
on Céline at Duke University, and a partial draft of an article written in French
with Phillipe Roussin. Minimal correspondence with several authors is included
as
well. The materials are arranged in a single series, subdivided into returned
survey
questionnaires and Kaplan’s pre- and post-survey work. |
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The returned survey questionnaires are arranged alphabetically by author. A wide
variety of responses to Kaplan’s letter and survey questionnaire are exhibited:
some
authors filled out and sent back the questionnaire while others opted to send
letters instead of or in addition to the questionnaire. A number of authors also
wrote back to say they would not be able to respond to the questionnaire. Included
are responses from Saul Bellow, Charles Bernstein, Norman Oliver Brown, Lydia
Davis,
Raymond Federman, Gary Indiana, John Irving, Philip Levine, Joseph McElroy, Mark
Mirsky, Ted Morgan, Tom Wolfe, and others. All respondents are included in the
following Index of Survey Participants. The general nature of the author’s response
(questionnaire, letter, or both) is indicated in the index next to the author’s
name. Unopened questionnaires which did not reach their intended recipient and
were
returned to Kaplan are also included (folder 1.4). |