Denis Florence MacCarthy papers, 1845-1882 [manuscript].

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Denis Florence MacCarthy papers, 1845-1882 [manuscript].

About 150 letters to McCarthy, handwritten and published versions of poems and other writings by McCarthy, a diary McCarthy kept on a trip to Paris in 1878, and other items. Most of the letters are from fellow scholars, and publishers in Dublin and other parts of Ireland, London, and continental Europe. There are several letters from the United States and also from Bombay, India. The correspondence concerns McCarthy's works and shows the high esteem his correspondents accorded him. There is no family correspondence in this collection, although letters contain references to McCarthy's wife and family.

About 200 items (0.5 linear ft.).

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Calderón de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681

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Dramatist and poet. From the description of Pedro Calderón de la Barca poems, 1881. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452463 Pedro Calderón de la Barca, playwright. Roy Campbell, translator. From the description of Life is a dream: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122378584 Epithet: Spanish dramatist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_10000000...

MacCarthy, Denis Florence, 1817-1882

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Denis Florence McCarthy, Irish poet and translator of Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681), lived most of his life in Dublin, where he was born and educated. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the "Mystics," and several political associations. His career started in the 1840's with his contributions to "The Nation" and the publication of "The Poets and Dramatists of Ireland" (1846), which he edited. In 1853, he began his translations of Calderón. From the description of D...