Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 1
Title
Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 1
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
4fa9a7fb-97a5-40dd-b4c3-ad8cf5a9d832
Text
[Typescript]
Strangely enough, I am never more sane than when confined by the authorities to this droll institution. The manured fields, the manicured gardens, the peace and quiet of locked doors, the reassuring presence of uniformed nurses and muscular attendants, the quaintly distressed inmates--all conspire to flood my gaunt midde-aged body to bursting with love for my poor dear fellow men.
Why then I should want to tell so violent a story, I hardly know: but as a young man I proposed to write a novel. For many years I gathered information on a peculiar figure who influenced greatly my youth, only to discover when finally
The Ride
Strangely enough, I am never more sane than when confined by the authorities to this droll institution. The manured fields, the manicured gardens, the peace and quiet of locked doors, the reassuring presence of uniformed nurses and muscular attendants, the quaintly distressed inmates--all conspire to flood my gaunt midde-aged body to bursting with love for my poor dear fellow men.
Why then I should want to tell so violent a story, I hardly know: but as a young man I proposed to write a novel. For many years I gathered information on a peculiar figure who influenced greatly my youth, only to discover when finally
[Footnote]
from a novel, The Studhorse Man
from a novel, The Studhorse Man
[Holographic annotations]
____ too slowly? begin ____tically?
info about narrator later?
____ too slowly? begin ____tically?
info about narrator later?
Original Format
Typescript draft with holographic annotations
Files
Citation
Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011, “Typescript draft of The Studhorse Man, page 1,” University of Calgary Class Projects, accessed April 20, 2024, https://omeka.ucalgary.ca/document/292.