Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1941-1945.

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Correspondence with Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, 1941-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155864498

The correspondence reflects the course of Werfel's ambivalent relationship with Snow, in which he was apparently flattered by her veneration of him but ultimately doubted the quality of her work as a translator of his poems. Although he and Snow had apparently signed a contract with L. B. Fischer Publishing Corp. for the publication of a book of her translations (that contract is not included), he subsequently came to the view that Snow's translations were not of sufficient quality; in making this judgement he relied especially on Arlt's opinion. Snow resorted to a legal appeal for arbitration in order to pursue the fulfillment of the contract (copies of her signed notice of arbitration are included). In further correspondence with Snow, Werfel was advised by his attorney, Schwabacher, with the aim of avoiding arbitration and persuading Snow to agree to a postponement of the publication. (These efforts were apparently successful.) About two years later, Werfel and Snow signed a contract with Princeton University Press for a bi-lingual edition of selected poems by Werfel, accompanied by Snow's translations (a signed contract is included); that book was published in 1945, shortly after Werfel's death. Also included are 2 newspaper clippings from the Boston Herald about lectures by Snow; a brochure about her lecture offerings; and typescripts of a number of her translations of Werfel's poems, dated 1941-1942.

26 items (54 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Founded in 1905 with a gift from Charles Scribner (Princeton Class of 1875), the Press was incorporated in 1910 as a non-profit corporation "to establish, maintain, and operate a printing and publishing plant, for the promotion of education and scholarship, and to serve the University by manufacturing and distributing its publications." The Press has published almost 3,000 titles since its first book, John Witherspoon's LECTURES IN MORAL PHILOSOPHY, appeared in 1912. Among its long-term projects...

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