Ian Young correspondence on The Male Muse, 1969-1974

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Summary

Creator:
Young, Ian, 1945-
Abstract:
Ian Young is an English-Canadian poet, editor, and literary critic who edited The Male Muse, an anthology of gay poetry. Collection consists of letters to Young from prospective contributors to the anthology. The letters discuss poems for inclusion, publication rights, gay literature and erotic poetry, and life as gay male poets. Also included in the collection is a published copy of The Male Muse.
Extent:
0.4 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.01426

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of letters to Young from prospective contributors to The Male Muse, including W.H. Auden, William Barber, Victor Borsa, Bruce Boone, Jim Eggeling, Allen Ginsberg, and others. The letters discuss potential poems, sometimes including drafts or samples, for publication in the anthology. Many of the poems included with the letters are erotic. The letters also discuss publication rights, gay literature, and life as gay male poets, and a few of them include the poets' biographical information. Several correspondents decline to have their work published in the anthology and cite the difficulties and risks that they believed would accompany being publicly known as gay men.

Also included in the collection is a published copy of The Male Muse.

Biographical / historical:

Ian Young is an English-Canadian poet, editor, and literary critic. He was the editor of The Male Muse (The Crossing Press, 1973), an anthology of gay poetry. He also compiled The Male Homosexual in Literature: A Bibliography (1975, 1982).

Acquisition information:
The Ian Young Correspondence on The Male Muse was received by The David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2001.
Processing information:

Preliminary processing by Kate Crassons, May 2001.

Processed by Leah Tams, December 2023.

Accessions described in this guide: 2001-0033, 2001-0041.

Arrangement:

Arranged alphabetically.

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[Identification of item], Ian Young Correspondence on The Male Muse, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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