Norman O. Brown papers
Scope and Contents
The Norman O. Brown papers consist of documents pertaining to Norman O. Brown’s various publications, namely Life Against Death and Love’s Body – both of which are published by Wesleyan University Press – as well as “Apocalypse,” an address given by Norman O. Brown to the Phi Beta Kappa fraternity at Columbia University, published by Harper’s magazine, and his book Closing Time. The majority of the collection is made up of drafts of the two books and correspondence, much of which can be considered “fan mail,” although critics can be found as well.
Dates
- Creation: 1950-1973
Creator
- Brown, Norman Oliver, 1913-2002 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
University records - Copyright held by Wesleyan University; all other copyright is retained by the creator - In Copyright – Non-Commercial Use Permitted
Biographical / Historical
Norman O. Brown was a writer and social philospher. Born in 1913, he recieved his education at Clifton College and then Balliol College at the University of Oxford. He would recieve his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in classics.
After befriending composer John Cage, Brown would become a professor of Classics at Wesleyan. His work Life Against Death was published by Wesleyan Press in 1959.
Norman O. Brown passed away on October 2, 2002.
Extent
4 Linear Feet (4 paige boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers and writings of Norman O. Brown.
Arrangement
The collection is in its orginal order.
- Title
- Norman O. Brown papers, 1950-1973
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Erica Ciallela
- Date
- March 20, 2020
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository