A Letter of G. H. Hardy
1990; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 63; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/0025570x.1990.11977543
ISSN1930-0980
Autores Tópico(s)Musicology and Musical Analysis
ResumoAmong the papers of George P6lya were a letter and postcard Polya received from G. H. Hardy containing a rather unusual evaluation of poets. Apparently Hardy often amused himself by making up lists or rankings; the P6lya papers contain other examples of this. The present letter, undated but probably written in the late 1920's or early 1930's, challenges P6lya's wife, Stella, to identify an American poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox. Since Stella P6lya was Swiss, this was a curious fact to expect her to know. When asked in the 1980's about the letter, Mrs. P6lya said she thought the challenge was perhaps really intended for Mrs. G. D. Birkhoff. The Polya papers are in the Archives of Stanford University.-Editor
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