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Inscription page of a specially bound
edition of The Return of A. J. Raffles, from Graham
Greene to Rev. Anthony Bischoff, S.J.
“From one irregular Catholic to another all my best wishes
for the New Year and my friendly greetings,” wrote Graham
Greene in a 1981 letter to a friend and admirer in Seneca, Mexico.
Throughout his life, Greene corresponded with a wide variety
of people all over the world, and we are pleased to announce
that the Special Collections Division has opened two new, recently
processed collections of these letters. The two small collections
are evidence of Greene's farflung acquaintances and long-lasting
friendships.
The first is a collection of seven letters written by Greene
to Journalist Pedro M. Lopez residing in Seneca, Mexico. The
letters are dated between 1981 and 1989 and were usually written
in response to Lopez's annual letter. The correspondence offers
some opinions of Greene's own work in addition to commentary
on other literary figures and topics. This collection is a gift
to the library from Mr. Lopez.
The second collection contains nine letters written by Greene
to his American friend, Rev. Anthony Bischoff, S.J. (1910-1993),
between the years 1950 and 1984. Fr. Bischoff was working on
a biography of poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and spent 15 years
at Georgetown teaching and writing beginning in 1971. The correspondence
contains mostly personal greetings, but also touches on literary
and political issues. The collection also includes five presentation
copies of rare works bearing inscriptions from Greene to Bischoff.
Among the first editions are The Revenge: An Autobiographical
Fragment, privately printed in 1963, and a specially bound edition
of The Return of A.J. Raffles, published in 1975. The Bischoff
material was a generous gift from Donald A. Couvillon.
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