James F. White research files relating to Thomas Mann circa 1940s-circa 1976

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James F. White research files relating to Thomas Mann circa 1940s-circa 1976

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.white

The collection consists of manuscript notes and card files, printed material, writings drafts and offprints, and a small amount of correspondence and grant applications relating to White's research on Thomas Mann. Notes and card files mostly concern White's research on Dante's Divina commedia and Karl Vossler's work on Dante as source material for Mann's Der Zauberberg. Some notes concern Mann's Doktor Faustus or works of other German authors. Correspondence with Joseph Angell, founding curator of the Beinecke Library's Thomas Mann Collection, concerns their shared interest in Mann, the Beinecke Library's Mann Collection, and White's research and academic career.

14.34 linear feet (20 boxes) + 1 portfolio.

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Vossler, Karl, 1872-1949

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Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68p62c7 (person)

Epithet: novelist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001085.0x000173 German author. From the description of Land of good will : typewritten article signed, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609625 From the description of Autograph letter signed with initials : Bad Tölz, to Herr Fischer, his publisher, 1909 Aug. 29. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270607913 From the description...

White, James F. (James Fellows), 1907-1976

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6127jv9 (person)

James F. White (Yale Ph.D., 1941), professor of German at Yale University, Cornell University, and the University of Vermont. From the guide to the James F. White research files relating to Thomas Mann, circa 1940s-circa 1976, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library) ...

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t15227 (person)

Prolific poet, Florentine exile, and advocate of the Italian vernacular's destined role in the diffusion of literature, philosophy, and political thought. Dante's Divine Comedy proves its importance as a testimony to the beliefs, customs, and the contemporary experience of the late medieval period whose sense of vision prefigures the first signs of Renaissance civilization. This collection original works, criticial works, and memorabilia remains the largest of its kind outside of Italy (Enciclop...

Angell, Joseph Warner, 1908-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67t0mrk (person)

Joseph Warner Angell, Jr. received his B.A. from the College of Wooster in 1930, and his M.A. from the University of Oregon in 1934. At Yale University, Angell was a reader in English from 1936-1939, an assistant professor during the summer of 1947, and curator of the Thomas Mann Collection from 1948-1963. From the description of Joseph Warner Angell papers, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702121315 Joseph Warner Angell, Jr. received his B....