"The award selected for this paper was the Bollingen Prize in Poetry, one of the major literary awards and one of the few to be offered by a university. The purpose of this study is to present a brief history of the award itself and to give a critical evaluation of the works of the recipients"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1958." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Sarah Rebeccca Reed, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 65-74).