Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 340
Title
Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 340
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
b786fc58-6dee-4c3f-93a4-b49ada3fabe6
Text
[Typescript]
xx Martha and her consort (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) to exist, and that when a further opportunity arose for my humiliation. Martha bore a beautiful daughter (conceived in the icehouse, by my calculations; Martha, like one of her mares, chanced to be in full heat). I received a long and vacuous letter requesting that I, from the pinnacle of my fictional intentions, suggest a name for xxxxx the consequence of their unbridled lust. In choosing a name, I wrote back, xxx must try to suggest that human actions are governed by a profound and unselfish love. Yet xxx must acknowledge the terrors and the longings of each day's night. That same daughter, as a final insult to me, xxxxxxxxx was christened Demeter. D. Lepage, she calls herself, when she tries in vain to get permission to interrupt my endless bath. To that intruding girl's enduring embarrassment and inevitable infidelities I dedicate this portentous study.
xx Martha and her consort (xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) to exist, and that when a further opportunity arose for my humiliation. Martha bore a beautiful daughter (conceived in the icehouse, by my calculations; Martha, like one of her mares, chanced to be in full heat). I received a long and vacuous letter requesting that I, from the pinnacle of my fictional intentions, suggest a name for xxxxx the consequence of their unbridled lust. In choosing a name, I wrote back, xxx must try to suggest that human actions are governed by a profound and unselfish love. Yet xxx must acknowledge the terrors and the longings of each day's night. That same daughter, as a final insult to me, xxxxxxxxx was christened Demeter. D. Lepage, she calls herself, when she tries in vain to get permission to interrupt my endless bath. To that intruding girl's enduring embarrassment and inevitable infidelities I dedicate this portentous study.
[Holographic annotations]
340
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340
s I must use the plural
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Original Format
Typescript draft with holographic annotations
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Citation
Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011, “Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 340,” University of Calgary Class Projects, accessed April 26, 2024, https://omeka.ucalgary.ca/document/327.