May 23, 1941

70 Winthrop st.
Harvard University
Cambridge, Mass.

Ed. dept.
THE SOUTHERN REVIEW
Baton Rouge, Lou.

Dear Sir,

Enclosed is an article on the connection between the origins of nazism and leading <u>literary</u> figures in modern German romanticism. The article is a section from my forthcoming book, as described in enclosed page from the book catalogue of my publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Since the book itself will appear in autumn, you'd want the article -- if you used it at all -- to appear in either your coming summer or autumn issues, (preferably the former.)

You're free to make whatever cuts you choose in order to make the article suit whatever your current space requirements may be.

If you can't use this ms., I'll be grateful if you'll return it at very <u>speediest</u> convenience -- by railway express <u>collect</u> or 1st class mail. I'd be grateful to hear your decision as soon as possible.

June 4, 1941

Mr. J. E. Palmer
SOUTHERN REVIEW
University, Louisiana

Dear Mr. Palmer,

Thank you for your letter of May 29 about my article "Greenwich Village Warriors"; the exact date of my book's fall publication is still undecided, but you're probably right about the danger of its overlapping with the SOUTHERN REVIEW's fall issue.

Could you let me know whether the SOUTHERN REVIEW would be interested in considering for possible future publication an article about the German poet Stefan George and his so-called "Cosmic Circle" of proto-Nazi philosophers? This article would be in shape for submission in about a month. Like the article I submitted, it would be partly literary criticism (performed with xxxxx bits of my translations into English of George's verse) and partly a psychological analysis of the connection between such "esthetes" and Nazi political theory and practice. This article will not be part of my book; therefore, no limitation would apply as to what date it should appear. What is your maximum length-limit for such an article? (I fear that my George article may turn out to be a bit too long for your needs.)

October 13, 1941

Mr. A. B. Shepperson
The Virginia Quarterly Review
1 West Range
Charlottesville, Virginia

Dear Mr. Shepperson,

Several months ago you wrote me
that the Virginia Quarterly Review
could use my poem "Pursuit." I
replied from Mexico that I was very
happy about the acceptance, but
mails there are so undependable that
I am not sure that you ever received
my letter. If you did not receive
it, this is to reaffirm my pleasure,
and to ask when you think you will be
able to print it. My reason for asking
is simply this: I have a small book
of poems coming out in the spring,
and if the dates can be made to work, I
should like to include "Pursuit". What
is the present prospect? Meanwhile,
I am putting in another poem, a new one
which I hope will please you. May I
have a decision on this at your earliest
convenience, for I should like to include
it, too, in the volume.