[KB] another Ed question

[Clarke Rountree]

Perfect! ($10–what a bargain!)

Clarke

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 7:06 AM David Blakesley <david.blakesley at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I used David's clues to find this announcement in the *NY Times*, Nov.
> 30, 1986
> https://www.nytimes.com/1986/11/30/nyregion/new-jersey-guide.html
>
> Cheers,
> Dave
>
> KENNETH BURKE SALUTE A two-day conference honoring Kenneth Burke will draw
> some of this country's most distinguished minds to the Theatre-in-the-Round
> at Seton Hall University Thursday and Friday.
>
> Mr. Burke, 89 years old and a resident of Andover since 1922, has been
> praised as America's ''most brilliant and suggestive'' literary critic. He
> is the author of 11 books, all recently reprinted by the University of
> California Press.
>
> Participants in the program of lectures and discussions, beginning at 1
> P.M. each day, include A.R. Ammons, winner of the National Book Award;
> Howard Nemerov, a Pulitzer Prize winner; Ralph Ellison, author of
> ''Invisible Man,'' and, from Yale University, Prof. Harold Bloom and Prof.
> J. Hillis Miller, also the president of the Modern Language Association.
>
> Tickets, $10, are available by sending a self-addressed envelope and a
> check (made out to Poetry-in-the-Round at Seton Hall) to the Department of
> English, Seton Hall University, South Orange, N.J. 07079.
>
> Information: (201) 761-9388 or 678-1680.
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 9:16 PM David Williams <dcwill at fau.edu> wrote:
>
>> It was presented through or by Poetry in the Round. A particular local
>> planner/host was never clear. Herb Simons was there, and Don Burkes was
>> there. A vanload of undergrads from I think Alabama Huntsville ( is that
>> right?). KB was critic at large. Speakers included Bloom, Nemerov, Dennis
>> Donohue, Archie Ammons, Rueckert (I think), Geoffrey Hartman (I think),
>> and, in a separate but connected talk/reading, Ralph Ellison. I have a
>> folder somewhere with info, but where that folder is I co u ld not quickly
>> discover.
>>
>> Is there anything specific you're wondering about?
>> David
>>
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>> *From:* KB <kb-bounces at kbjournal.org> on behalf of David Blakesley <
>> david.blakesley at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 25, 2020 5:14:25 PM
>> *To:* Clarke Rountree <rountrj at uah.edu>
>> *Cc:* kb at kbjournal.org <kb at kbjournal.org>
>> *Subject:* Re: [KB] another Ed question
>>
>> Hi, again!
>>
>> I did some digging into the archives of the KB list and found Ed, Richard
>> Thames, and David Williams discussing the December 1986 Seton Hall
>> conference. Greig Henderson was there with those three also. Harold Bloom
>> was one of the presenters. They don't mention the name of the conference.
>> I've attached a few of the pages so that you can see what they say.
>>
>> So, maybe that gets you a little bit closer!
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dave
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 4:45 PM Clarke Rountree <rountrj at uah.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Burkelers:
>>
>> Did anyone on this list attend the 1986 Burke conference at Seton Hall?
>> (Ed did, but again, we've lost our encyclopedia!) What was the name of the
>> conference, the date, and the focus?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Clarke
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Clarke Rountree
>> Professor of Communication Arts
>> 212D CTC
>> University of Alabama in Huntsville
>> Huntsville, AL  35899
>> 256-824-6646
>> clarke.rountree at uah.edu
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212D CTC
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Huntsville, AL  35899
256-824-6646
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