Conference speech and reading by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, June 6, 1960, tape one of two.
- Date
1960-06-06
- Summary
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Conference speech and reading by Katherine Anne Porter at Sala Ponce, Palacio de las Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico, on June 6, 1960. The first of two tapes. After a brief introduction by a man, Porter makes brief remarks on her occasional writings as well as Homer, Penelope, Calypso, Helen and Athena of the Odyssey before launching into a reading of "A Defense of Circe." This portion of the reading includes the text from pages 133-37 in her Collected Essays with occasional interjections and explanations.
- Contributor
Porter, Katherine Anne, 1890-1980
- Subject
Literature, Print Culture
- Collection
Literature
- Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
- Rights Statement
- In Copyright
- Terms of Use
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- Physical Description
7 in; 0:32:15 hh:mm:ss; 1/4" open reel tape
- Notes
Katherine Anne Porter papers
Accession 66-5
A guide to the full collection of Katherine Anne Porter papers is available in our archival collections: http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/1532.
Access
Access condition: public.
- Other Identifiers
Fedora 2 PID: umd:684006; Handle Identifier: hdl:1903.1/33194; Catalog Key: KAP10.16.12.1; Filename: litmss-024932
Access Restrictions
This item is accessible by: the public.