Manuscripts

Essays and reviews: various drafts

Description: Majority of these pieces written in Uganda: Pygmies, Writing Waldo, Letter from America, East African Paradoxes, Letter from Lisbon, The Third World's War, Bibliography, Friends in Africa, Concern for Rhodesia, Fishing in Winter, Soldiers and Kings, Nigeria, Not Yet a Nation, A Dignitary in Lagos, A Leap Backwards, Biographical Note, A Few nights and Days by M S Dipoko, Rapid Transit; book proposal, Disappointed Guests by H. Tajfel, Breaking the Silence by W. J. Weatherby, The Bees in Banda's Bonnet, In Defense of Cowardice, Verbal and Baubles, Incident in a Cookie Factory: Rhodesia, No Easy Task by A. Kachingwe.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1966-1967
Call number: mssTheroux
Creator: Theroux, Paul(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Joint purchase and gift from Paul Theroux, 2016.; Purchased in part by the Library Collector's Council from Paul Theroux, January 16, 2016.

Essays and reviews: various drafts

Manuscripts

Includes the following pieces published in the United States and United Kingdom: To Defend, To Destroy by J Reston Jr., Like Men Betrayed by F Raphael, The Dick Gibson Show by S Elkin, Dealing by M Douglas, The Dragon Wakes by C Hibbert, Yankee Doodle by P Farb, The Ordeal of Running Standing by T Fall, The Case Against Org by M Dintenfass, Brill Among the Ruins by V Bourjaily, A Guest of Honour by N Gordimer, A God Novel by W Butler, The Rim of the Tub by E Scott, A Cry of Bees by M Hardy, The Snail Watcher by P Highsmith, Armed Camps by K Reed, Poor Teddy Black by J Nash, The Castaways by J.L. Cooper, The Voyage of the Franz Josef by J Yaffe, Down All the Days by C Brown, Vital Parts by T Berger, Very Lovely People by L Kennedy, Love, Roger by C Webb, A Sight of China by C Nolan / Half Crown Colony by J Pope-Hennessy, Reflections Upon a Sinking Ship by G Vidal, Maundy by J Gloag, Why Are We In Vietnam? by N Mailer, The Spook Who Sat by the Door by S Greenlee, High by T Hinde, The Sardinian Smile by P Dumitriu.

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African essays: various drafts

Manuscripts

Includes material written in Uganda, published in various publications or given as lectures: Christopher Okigbo, On the Asians/Hating the Asians, On Cowardice, Robinson Crusoe, Six African Poets, On the Edge of the Great Rift, Burning Grass, Winter in Africa, State of Emergency, An Evening with the Students, The Point of Teaching, The Hardships of Terror, The Wisdom Beyond Politics, The Use of Radio for Teaching in East Africa, First Novels.

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Essays and reviews: various drafts

Manuscripts

Includes the following pieces published in the United States and United Kingdom: The Black Book by L. Durrell, The Honorary Consul by G. Greene, Lee Kwan Yew by T. J. S. George, The Journal of Andrew Bihaly ed. A. Tuttle, Confessions of a Future Scotsman by P. Reb, The Island by R. Russell, A Sparrow in the Snow by S. Darel, The Queen of a Distant Country by J. Braine, A Dictionary of New English by C. L. Barnhart, Spring Snow by Y. Mishima, Paradise Lost by J. Collier, Holy Man by G. Daws, What's the Difference by N. Moss, American Mischief by A. Lelchuk, Madhouse by R. Goulet, Forever Panting by P. De Vries, Getting Married by A. Strindberg, Passing Brave by W. Polk, The Bird of Night by S. Hill, All Heaven in a Rage by M. Duffy, A Woman of Character by J. Gloag, The Wooden Shepherdess by R. Hughes, Experiment at Proto by P. Oakes, Catholics by B. Moore, Outpost by M. Balka, Mister Doctor Blo by J. Tyne, Any Number Can Play by D. Bloodworth, Without a Stitch in Time by P. De Vries, The Camerons by R. Crichton, Love and Napalm by J. Ballard, The Wilby Conspiracy by P. Driscoll, The John Collier Reader by J. Collier, BBC Books of the Week by P. Theroux.

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Essays and reviews: various drafts

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Includes the following pieces published in the United States and United Kingdom: Winter Blood by J Roc, The Legend of Joseph Nokato by L. P. Bachmann, Murder at the Savoy by M. Sjowal, Event 1000 by D. Lavalee. Rabbit Redux by J. Updike, Imaginative Qualities of Actual Things by G. Sorrentino, Into Your Tent I'll Creep by P. DeVries, The Professor's Daughter by P. P. Read, In a Free State by V. S. Naipaul, The Condor Passes by S. A. Grau, The Abduction by M. Kumin, The Rose Rabbi by D. Stern, A Start in Life by A. Sillitoe, What Became of Jane Austen? by K. Amis, Tussy is Me by M. Hastings, Lighter than a Feather by D. Westheimer, Ourselves by J. Strong, The World without Women by V. Martini, From Columbus to Castro by E. Williams, The Autobiography of an Unknown South African by N. Mokgatle, Stories and Prose Poems by A. Solzhenitsyn, Way Uptown in Another World by S. Stevens, A Dutiful Daughter by T. Kenneally, The Other by T. Tryon, A Peep into the 20th Century by C. Davis, The Season of the Witch by J. L. Herlihy, Levkas Mann by H. Innes, Blue Dreams by W. Hanley, The Potlatch Run by W. Price, Love in the Ruins by W. Percy, Caliban's Filibuster by P. West, Bound to Violence by Y. Ouologuem, Ali and Nino by K. Said, Eisenhower My Eisenhower by J. Charyn, The Masked Men by A. Fakinos.

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Essays and reviews: various drafts

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Includes the following pieces published in various publications: The Optimist's Daughter by E. Welty, Meet Me in the Green Glen by R. P. Warren, Presences, by P. Taylor, The Mortgaged Heart by C. McCullers, The Third Life of Grange Copeland by A. Walker, A Walk to the River by W. Hoffman, Journey to Joedel by G. Owen, The Camberwell Beauty by V. S. Pritchett, Hers by A. Alvarez, Which Tribe Do You Belong To? by A. Moravia, The Conservationist by N. Gordimer, The Glory of the Hummingbird by P. De Vries, Lord Rochester's Monkey by G. Greene, McAuslan in the Rough by G. M. Fraser, Pictures from an Institution by R. Jarrell, The World of O Henry: 4 Vols of Stories, Theophilus North by T. Wilder, Sixties Going on Seventies by N. Sayre, Spreading Fires by J. Knowles, Kerouac by A. Charters, My Days by R. K. Narayan, Paradise Lost by E. Rothschild, Writing a Novel by J. Braine, Pentimento by L. Hellman, A Question of Power by B. Head, Alive by P. P. Read, The Fearful Void by G. Moorhouse, The African Continent: The Atlas of Africa ed. T. Monod, The World of Apples by J. Cheever, The Foundation Pit by A. Platonov, The Bridge of Beyond by A. Schwartz-Bart, Darkness in Summer by T. Kaiko, Pasmore by D. Story, Challenge by V. Sackville-West, Banda by P. Short, All the King's Men by R. P. Warren, The Chief Among Us by P. Theroux, Gordon Williams by P. Theroux.

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Essays and reviews: various drafts

Manuscripts

Includes the following pieces published in the United States and United Kingdom: Fear of Flying by E. Jong, The White Pumpkin by D. Hills, Kipling by P. Mason, Letter from London (NYT: 1976), Here at the New Yorker by B. Gill, The Twenties by E. Wilson, Guerrillas by V. S. Naipaul, Yesterday's Spy by L. Deighton, Passage to Ararat by M. Arlen, Down Your Way: profile, Raffles by Sapper, Frank Harris by P. Pullar, The Letters of J. R. Ackerley, The Manson Murders by V. Bugliosi, Crewe: a Visit,Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons by K. Vonnegut, The Conservationist by N. Gordimer, NATO in Brussels: a visit, The Clockwork Testament by A. Burgess, Your Isadora by F. Steegmuller, Decay of the Angel by Y. Mishima, Laurens van der Post: a portrait, The Village in the Jungle by L. Woolf, Robert Louis Stevenson in Edinburgh: a visit, Wilfred Owen by J. Stallworthy, Minamata by W. E. Smith, The Great Victorian Collection by B. Moore, The Temple of Dawn by Y. Mishima.

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