Pamela Gordon and Denis Harold, eds., Dear Charles Dear Janet: Frame and Brasch in Correspondence

In a letter to Janet Frame (dated 23 February 1966), in which Charles Brasch recommends that Frank Sargeson’s papers should be deposited at the Hocken Library under very strict conditions of access, he expresses the following sentiment: “I am appalled at the way people fall like wolves on the lette...

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Izdano: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2022
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Izvleček:In a letter to Janet Frame (dated 23 February 1966), in which Charles Brasch recommends that Frank Sargeson’s papers should be deposited at the Hocken Library under very strict conditions of access, he expresses the following sentiment: “I am appalled at the way people fall like wolves on the letters of writers who are […] barely in their graves; it’s a kind of cannibalism [and] certainly very indecent. I wish one could put a curse on eyes that pry too soon!” (17). Because Frame is known to ...