Notes et journals intimes, [ca. 1853]-1888.

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Notes et journals intimes, [ca. 1853]-1888.

The notes and literary journals of Jules Champfleury cover approximately 1,100 pages of manuscript bound into seven volumes. The journal records Champfleury's thoughts, projects, experiences, and anecdotes which he planned to utilize in future novels or poems. There is much literary and personal information. Among those discussed are Nerval, the Goncourts, Eugene Sue, Baudelaire, Houssaye, Zola, Stendhal, Balzac, and many others. Champfleury also notes books he has read, or intends to read and marks the progress of his own work. Also, 49 letters from Champfleury addressed to the publisher, Georges Charpentier and others, 1864-1887. They relate to the publication of various of his works. There is also one biographical manuscript in another hand.

1 linear ft (ca. 1,149 items in 2 boxes).

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Charpentier, Georges

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Nerval, Gérard de, 1808-1855

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Champfleury, 1821-1889

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Champfleury (pseudonym for Jules François Félix Husson-Fleury) was a self-educated critic and art historian, as well as a prolific author of fiction. He was the first to acknowledge the esthetic term of "realism", and also a pioneer in the history of caricature and popular prints. In 1872 he was nominated curator of the Sèvres museum for life. From the description of Champfleury papers, 1857-1889. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83372113 Jules François Felix Fleury-Husson ...

Houssaye, Arséne, 1815-1896

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Zola, Émile, 1840-1902

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French writer. From the description of Mon salon, corrected proof, 1866. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80803997 From the description of Letters, 1858-1860, to Paul Cezanne. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 84387915 Zola was a French novelist, critic, and political activist. The Dreyfus Affair was the controversy that occurred with the treason conviction (1894) of Capt Alfred Dreyfus (1859c1935), a French general staff officer. Zola w...

Sue, Eugene, i.e. Marie Joseph Eug'ene, 1804-1857.

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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...

Goncourt, Jules ˜deœ 1830-1870

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French novelist and man-of-letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris] to "Monsieur et ancien camarade", [1864] Jan. 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577442 ...

Baudelaire, Charles, 1821-1867

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Charles Baudelaire is widely regarded as one of the best French poets of the 19th century; he also wrote art criticism and translated the tales of Edgar Allan Poe. From the description of Charles Baudelaire letters, 1859-1863. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 40526418 French poet and art critic. From the description of Letter : to Paul Chenavard, Paris. 1863 Nov. 25. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81339728 ...

Goncourt, Edmond ˜deœ 1822-1896

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French author. From the description of Notes sur l'art japonais..., n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86093289 French novelist and man-of-letters. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to "Mon cher Porel", "Mars 96." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269577418 Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896) was a French author, literary and art critic, and publisher. Léon Hennique (1851-1935) was a French novelist and playwright. From the ...

Stendhal, 1783-1842

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Stendhal (b. Marie-Henri Beyle, January 23, 1783, Grenoble, France–d. March 23, 1842, Paris, France) was a 19th-century French writer. Best known for the novels Le Rouge et le Noir (1830) and La Chartreuse de Parme (1839), he is highly regarded for the acute analysis of his characters' psychology and considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism....