Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript
- Date
- circa 1960
- Creator
- Casper, Leonard, 1923-
- Extent
- 0.3 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Criticism.
- Authors, American -- Kentucky.
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by material type.
- Preferred Citation
- 64m140: [identification of item], Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript, circa 1960, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Leonard Casper was a professor of English at Boston College, who wrote Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground, which was a criticism of Warren's major literary works. Robert Penn Warren, born and raised in Kentucky, was a poet, critic, novelist and college professor. Some of the universities that he taught at include Vanderbilt University, Southwester College, University of Minnesota, Yale University and Louisiana State University. While at Louisiana State University he founded the Southern Review. In 1986, Warren was appointed the country's first Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry. He also published sixteen volumes of poetry in which he received several Pulitzer Prizes for some of his poems. Warren also published ten novels, two of which were turned into movies. These were All the King's Men and Band of Angels.
- Scope and Content
- The Leonard R. Casper Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground manuscript (dated circa 1960; 0.3 cubic feet; 1 box) consists of two manuscript drafts and handwritten notes for Robert Penn Warren: The Dark and Bloody Ground, a critique of several major works by Robert Penn Warren. These works include John Brown: The Making of a Martyr, Night Rider, All the King's Men and Band of Angels.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
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