MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Zino, Vittorio Emanuele
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1966, 1972
Volume: 8 item(s); 10 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Vittorio Emanuele Zino accuses Merton of employing ethnically derogatory terms in a malicious way in reference to Italians and Poles in an advance excerpt published in Life magazine of Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander. Merton denies any wrongful intent and expresses admiration for Italian culture. Merton states, "The injurious names which have been used as insults in the past can also be used ironically and defiantly in order to honor and not to shame." Zino was not satisfied with this, and Merton asked his publisher to remove the offending words, and they were removed.
Biography
Vittorio Emanuele Zino writes from New York.
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See also the "Stone, Naomi Burton" file.
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