Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 339
Title
Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 339
Description
Typescript from the third draft of Robert Kroetsch's 1969 novel The Studhorse Man.
Creator
Source
Archives and Special Collections
Publisher
Calgary: University of Calgary
Date
Contributor
Robertson, James
Smith, Amanda
Relation
Kroetsch, Robert. The Studhorse Man.
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
MsC. 27.10.3
UUID
411f14bb-b542-4300-96c8-2270b9ea05aa
Text
[Typescript]
pussy. He became a meek fool of a faithful (if not legal) husband and a doting foot of a father; a victim of the illusion that he was comfortable and happy, he stumbled into death and left behind him a prospering widow who, seizing old age like a bone in her teeth (thanks to the horses that xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx preserved into the future), set about enjoying this man and that as the occasion arose, going beyond all decency, prolonging almost at will her infinite and physical pleasures, luring the poor devil young farmers with their mares into her nest of stallions . . . But I cannot, I dare not, bring myself to speak of the whims and perversities of women.
Only xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I acknowledged by
pussy. He became a meek fool of a faithful (if not legal) husband and a doting foot of a father; a victim of the illusion that he was comfortable and happy, he stumbled into death and left behind him a prospering widow who, seizing old age like a bone in her teeth (thanks to the horses that xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx preserved into the future), set about enjoying this man and that as the occasion arose, going beyond all decency, prolonging almost at will her infinite and physical pleasures, luring the poor devil young farmers with their mares into her nest of stallions . . . But I cannot, I dare not, bring myself to speak of the whims and perversities of women.
Only xxxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx I acknowledged by
[Holographic annotations]
our _____ vacuities[?] future ___
^one time in all those years of my fidelity have I been
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our _____ vacuities[?] future ___
^one time in all those years of my fidelity have I been
Original Format
Typescript draft with holographic annotations
Files
Citation
Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011, “Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 339,” University of Calgary Class Projects, accessed April 23, 2024, https://omeka.ucalgary.ca/document/326.