Harrison Hayford was born on 1 November 1916. Beginning in the 1940s, he made many discoveries starting with the physical evidence that Melville wrote a book early in 1853. He went on to recover many of Melville's words in BILLY BUDD and other works, especially poems. He and Jay Leyda and Sealts were all alive when I discovered the title THE ISLE OF THE CROSS. What rejoicing there was on the telephone and in person! Hayford and Sealts were alive when Robert Sandberg wrote first about "The House of the Tragic Poet." So much began with Hayford, Gilman, Davis, and Bezanson in the 1940s.
Friday, November 1, 2019
Harrison Hayford's birthday.
Harrison Hayford was born on 1 November 1916. Beginning in the 1940s, he made many discoveries starting with the physical evidence that Melville wrote a book early in 1853. He went on to recover many of Melville's words in BILLY BUDD and other works, especially poems. He and Jay Leyda and Sealts were all alive when I discovered the title THE ISLE OF THE CROSS. What rejoicing there was on the telephone and in person! Hayford and Sealts were alive when Robert Sandberg wrote first about "The House of the Tragic Poet." So much began with Hayford, Gilman, Davis, and Bezanson in the 1940s.
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