TRANSCRIPTIONS
Posted by:
Dr. W.C. Farmer (IP Logged)
Date: 26 September, 2002 09:29AM
For those to whom these things matter:
I have begun the transcription of "The Sword of Zagan" from the
manuscript. The first page is in very bad shape, but I got through
it (took 6 hours). The remainder of the manuscript is better except
where there is bad fading from moisture damage in Clark's dugout
dirt floor basement in Pacific Grove. I transcribed the
prologue and epilogue first. I do not recall offhand whether
any other stories by Clark have both; I do recall some with
epilogues I believe. It appears to me in examining the documents
other than the unpublished poetry, that he was experimenting with
form (quite young of course)and following patterns he had read in
developing "local color." There is an earlier version of "Reve
Parisein" of Baudelaire, and the original of "Averoigne" the poem
on a manila envelope which he had received from a publisher in
England - still has the cancelled King George on it.
It is likely these may see publication early next year; I for
one, am looking forward to getting these documents into circulation
for the benefit of CAS scholars now and in the future. Best to
all, from one who is probably closer to being Mordiggian fodder
than the rest of you.
Dr. Farmer