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Partial Transcript: The following is an unrehearsed interview with Robert Penn Warren, for the Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project.
Segment Synopsis: The interview with Robert Penn Warren is introduced.
Keywords: Kentucky writers; Robert Penn Warren; Robert Penn Warren Oral History Project
Subjects: American literature--Kentucky.; Kentucky--In literature.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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Partial Transcript: If what's his name...
Segment Synopsis: Warren discusses a previous biography of himself that left some facts out, and added other untrue events.
Keywords: Biographies; Brothers; Kentucky writers; Lies; Literature; Robert Penn Warren
Subjects: American literature--Kentucky.; Kentucky--In literature.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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Partial Transcript: Now we've talked about some of those in our talks--
Segment Synopsis: Warren's father was ill when Warren was a child. He describes noticing some odors, as an adult, that caused him to recall these uncertainties from his youth. These smells brought back uncertainty and fear from a time when he was very young and did not know what exactly was wrong, but knew that it was something terrible.
Keywords: Family; Fathers; Illnesses; Memories; Odors; Sickness; Smells
Subjects: American literature--Kentucky.; Kentucky--In literature.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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Partial Transcript: You'd also talked about your, uh--another period of uncertainty about your--or another s--moment of uncertainty about your father was, uh, uh, his tears upon the death of--hearing the death of his brother in Albuquerque.
Segment Synopsis: Warren's grandfather was a cranky man, and perhaps became incompetent before dying. Warren describes his own father taking him for a walk to look for a lost grave and foundations for an old house. Warren had assumed that it was about his paternal grandfather, but it was perhaps a great grandfather, or even an earlier forebear. The conversation touches upon the War of 1812 and the Revolutionary War.
Keywords: Family; Kentucky writers; Relatives; Revolutionary War; Robert Penn Warren; War of 1812
Subjects: American literature--Kentucky.; Families.; Genealogy; Kentucky--In literature.; United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; United States--History--War of 1812; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989
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Partial Transcript: We were talking then about your father's emotion at the death of his brother.
Segment Synopsis: Warren's uncle had moved to Mexico. After the death of his brother, Warren's father, although he was very self-controlled, wept.
Keywords: Brothers; Death; Family; Fathers; Kentucky writers; Relatives; Robert Penn Warren; Uncles
Subjects: American literature--Kentucky.; Families.; Kentucky--In literature.; Warren, Robert Penn, 1905-1989