Letters to Ernst Curtius and ErnstRobert Curtius, 1841-1956.

Cocteau, Jean

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French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager, playwright and filmmaker. Antonin Artaud -- French poet, essayist, actor and director -- was the leading playwright of the 'Theatre of Cruelty.' From the description of Le moine de M.G. Lewis raconté par Antonin Artaud [manuscript], ca. 1931 / Jean Cocteau. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 318989605 French poet, novelist, playwright, and artist. From the description of Autograph letter signed :...

Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896

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Ernst Curtius (/ˈkʊərtsiˌʊs/; 2 September 1814 – 11 July 1896) was a German archaeologist and historian.He was born in Lübeck. On completing his university studies he was chosen by C. A. Brandis to accompany him on a journey to Greece for the prosecution of archaeological researches. Curtius then became Karl Otfried Müller's companion in his exploration of the Peloponnese, and on Müller's death in 1840 he returned to Germany. In 1844 he became an extraordinary professor at the University of Berl...

Crevel, René, 1900-1935

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A French poet and leading member of the French surrealist movement of the 1920s-1930s. Crevel was also active in the French Communist Party before becoming disillusioned with Stalin during the 1930s. Crevel committed suicide in 1935. From the description of Correspondence, 1925-1927. (Temple University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 122635572 French surrealist artist and writer. From the description of Letter to Paul and Gala Eluard, 17 Oct. 1928. (Unknown). Wor...

Blanche, Jacques-Émile, 1861-1942

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French Post-impressionist painter and author. From the description of Letter, 1927 Apr. 2. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84286742 French painter and art critic. From the description of Letters and manuscripts, 1886-1937. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81379815 ...

Maritain, Jacques

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Jacques Maritain, a French philosopher and man of letters, was French Ambassador to the Vatican from 1945 to 1948, professor of philosophyat Princeton University from 1948 to 1952 and continued to make his home in Princeton until 1960. His works include TRUE HUMANISM (1936, tr. 1938); ART AND SCHOLASTICISM (1920, tr. 1929); ON THE USE OF PHILOSOPHY (1961). From the description of The responsibility of the artist : typescript, ca. 1960 / by Jacques Maritain. (Peking University Library...

Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.] to [Alphonse] Lamartine, 1840 Mar. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875523 Honoré de Balzac was a prolific French 19th century novelist best known for his multi-volume work, La comédie humaine. From the description of Honoré de Balzac letter to monsieur, 1843 December 31. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526434 Honeré de Balzac was a French nov...

Bourdet, Claude, 1909-

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Green, Julien, 1900-1998

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American writer in France. From the description of Papers of Julien Green [manuscript], 1985. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647807967 American born French writer. From the description of Le visionnaire : galley proof, 1933. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32136216 From the description of Papers of Julien Green [manuscript], 1976, 1988. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647827182 From the description of P...

Aragon, 1897-1982

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Epithet: (Eleanor of), wife of Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Modena and Ferrara British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001108.0x000020 French writer. From the description of Aragon manuscripts, 1971-1979. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80460887 Epithet: Henry of, Duke of Villena, son-of Ferdinand I, of Aragon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Des...

Pozzi, Catherine, 1882-1934

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Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968

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Jean Paulhan (1884-1968), French author, literary critic, and publisher. From the description of Peinture sacrée, 1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702198896 ...

Beach, Sylvia.

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Action française.

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Curtius, Ernst Robert, 1886-1956

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Coudenhove-Kalergi, Richard Nicolaus, Graf von, 1894-1972

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Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi was founder of the Pan-European movement. The actress Ida Roland was his wife and colleague in the movement; Erica (originally "Erika") Coudenhove-Kalergi was the daughter of Ida and step-daughter of Richard. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1918-1956. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863102 From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1918-1956. (Universi...

Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945

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French poet and philosopher. From the description of Paul Valéry petition, circa 1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981247 Paul Valéry, French poet, essayist and critic. From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78236502 From the description of Paul Valéry collection, 1896-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702153343 Valéry was a French poet. From the guide to the Papers conce...

Ernst, Curtius 1814-1896.

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German archeologist. He and his grandson, the philologist and literary scholar Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), were prominent members of the German conservative and cosmopolitan Bildungsbürgertum (educated elite). Ernst Curtius (1814-1896) was an eminent philologist and archeologist. From 1844-50 he served as tutor ("Zivilgouverneur") to Prince Friedrich von Hohenzollern, afterwards Emperor Friedrich III. He was also professor of classical philology, archeology, and e...

Sieburg, Friedrich, 1893-1964

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Décades de Pontigny.

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Benois-Méchin, Jacques, 1901-

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Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926

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Rilke wrote to Werfel in 1913 after reading Werfel's first 2 books of poems, Der Weltfreund and Wir sind. They met for the first time in the same year. Ruth Siebe-Rilke was the daughter of Rilke and Clara Westhoff; here she signs her name Ruth Fritzsche-Rilke. She was at that time the administrator of the Rilke family archive, located in Fischerhude, near Bremen, Germany. (More recently the archive has been located in Gernsbach.) From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werf...

Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955

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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...

Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922

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French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Fernand Gregh, [n.d.]"Jeudi." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615671 From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to Georges [de Lauris], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851761 From the description of Autograph letters signed (2) : [n.p.], to [Robert de Montesquiou], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270851766 Marcel Proust is generally regarded as one ...

Joyce, James, 1882-1941

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James Augustus Aloysius Joyce was born on February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a borough of Dublin, Ireland, the eldest of ten children who survived infancy. In 1888 he was enrolled at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school near Dublin, where he stayed until 1891. Thereafter he attended Belvedere College, and then University College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1902 with a major in Italian. While at UCD Joyce wrote a paper in defense of Henrik Ibsen's drama called Drama and Life, which was ...

George, Stefan, 1868-1933

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Stefan George, German poet, editor, and translator, was at the center of an influential literary and academic circle known as the "Georgekreis." This included many leading young writers of the day such as Friedrich Gundolf and Ludwig Klages. He was thought of by his contemporaries as a "prophet" and a "priest," or the "Master," as he had his disciples call him. George's poetry was a major influence on the music of the Second Viennese School of composers. Armin Knab, a Ge...

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321

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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...

Thibaudet, Albert, 1874-1936

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Gide, André, 1869-1951

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French writer, humanist and moralist. From the description of Letters : Paris, to Kelver Hartley, Paris, 1934 Nov. 1-Dec. 25. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 32415731 French author. From the description of Autograph letter signed, dated : [Criquetot-l'Esneval], 9 April 1916, to Gabriel [i.e. Georges] Jean-Aubry, 1916 Apr. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270577855 From the description of Letter, 1924 April 7 [manuscript]. (Uni...

Du Bos, Charles, 1882-1939

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Rohan, Karl Anton Prinz, 1898-1975

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