Series[UMA-SR-000000275] Correspondence files of Clement Christesen as editor of MeanjinAccession[2005.0004] MEANJIN EDITORIAL RECORDS OF C B CHRISTESENIdentifierUMA-ITE-2005000401947Scope and ContentCorrespondents and other persons named: H.D. Purcell, Curtis Brown Ltd., Leonie J. Nugent, Carey McWilliams.
Scripts by VP: 'Satire and the Establishment' (article, 2 copies: ts., 18pp. & ts., 6pp.); 'Toynbee in Elysium' by 'Myra Buttle' (satire in dialogue form, 2 copies: ts., 91pp. & ts., 22pp.); 'Aere Perennius' by 'Myra Buttle' (satire in verse, ts., 33pp.). Circular entitled 'Extracts from opinions of 'The Sweeniad' (3pp.). Corrected galley-proof of 'Satire and the Establishment'. Poem by V.P. (Ode on a Chinese vase) reprinted from ARK 23 (1959). Presscutting from the NEW YORKER of article by Edmund Wilson entitled ' Miss Buttle and Mr Eliot'. c.1959.
Note on file: As well as publishing articles on East Asia, Cambridge don Victor Purcell also writes satires on the English literary establishment under the nom-de-plume 'Myra Buttle'.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest itemUnit2005.0004 Unit 0271
Christesen, Clement B., Purcell, Victor (1954-1965), [UMA-ITE-2005000401947]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 09/08/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/294439
