Hawkes, John, 1925-1998

Scope and Contents The Donald J. and Ellen Greiner Collection of John Hawkes chronicles the professional and personal relationship between the American novelist John Hawkes and Don Greiner, English faculty member at The University of South Carolina. Dr. Greiner has written several bibliographic and commentary works on Dr. Hawkes’ writings, including Comic Terror: The Novels of John Hawkes.John Hawkes (1925-1998) was a prolific American novelist, writing in the postmodern tradition. His works are...

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Archive includes two checks written by Herb Yellin to John Hawkes, correspondence from Hawkes to Yellin during the years 1973-1978, one letter from Yellin to Hawkes dated March 24, 1978, a contract between Lord John Press and John Hawkes to publish The Universal Fears 1978, copyright registration of The Universal Fears, 1979 and two partial sets of gally proofs for The Universal Fears with corrections.