Kurt von Faber du Faur papers, 1923-1966.

Wolfskehl, Karl, 1869-1948

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Wolfskehl was a German-Jewish poet and philologist. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1938 and died in Auckland in 1948. From the description of Literary papers. 1941-1978. (National Library of New Zealand - Wellington Service Centre). WorldCat record id: 228162800 ...

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (b. August 29, 1749, Free Imperial City of Frankfurt-d. March 22, 1832, Weimar) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, and natural scientist. He is often ranked with Shakespeare and Dante as one of the three most important poets in history. Goethe gained early fame with The Sorrows of Young Werther, published in 1774, but his most famous work is Faust, a poetic drama in two parts....

Reichardt, Konstantin

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Wolff, Kurt, 1887-1963

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Kurt Wolff had been Franz Werfel's publisher from 1912 to 1923. Helen Wolff (née Mosel) was Kurt's second wife. Helen and Kurt were good friends of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel. The Wolffs, together with their son, Christian, emigrated to the U.S. in 1940 or 1941. From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel, ca. 1941-1963. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864842 Kurt Wolff, publisher, was born in Germany; he established...

Faber du Faur, Curt ˜vonœ 1890-1966

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Curt von Faber du Faur (1890-1966) was a Professor of German Literature at Yale University and Curator of the Yale Collection of German Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. From the description of Curt von Faber du Faur papers, circa 1936-1966. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702194647 Professor of German and Curator of German literature at Yale University. A rare book expert, he was also known for his work on Goethe and German Baroque literature. ...

Gryphius, Andreas, 1616-1664

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Babb, James T. (James Tinkham), 1899-1968

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Zabel, Morton Dauwen, 1901-1964

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Morton Dauwen Zabel (1901-1964), author, critic, editor and scholar of nineteenth-century English and European literature. Received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1933. Zabel served as associate editor of Poetry: A Magazine of Verse from 1928-1936 and full editor 1936-1937. His professional association with the University of Chicago began in 1947 when he was appointed to the English Department and actively continued until his death in 1964. From the description of Morton D...

Zinegref, Julius Wilhelm.

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Moscherosch, Johann Michael, 1601-1669

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Arnim, Bettina ˜vonœ 1785-1859

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German author and composer; friend of Goethe. From the description of Autograph manuscript signed of seven songs with piano accompaniment : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132380 German writer. From the description of Letter to K. A. Mende, ca.1845. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 82458924 German poet, composer, singer, and sculptor. From the description of [Miscellaneous music manuscripts] [manuscript]. [1843?...

Wehner, Josef Magnus, 1891-1973

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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...

Seymour, Charles, 1885-1963

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Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was president of Yale University from 1937-1950. He was the author of Intimate Papers of Colonel House, 1926-1928. From the description of Charles Seymour papers, 1912-1963 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702206354 Charles Seymour was an author and educator. He served as a delegate to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Seymour was presi...

Knollenberg, Bernhard, 1892-1973

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Bernhard Knollenberg was a lawyer, public official, and historian. He was born on November 26, 1892, in Richmond, Indiana. He received the degree of A.B. from Earlham College in 1912. He then moved to Harvard University where he received an A.M. In 1914 and LL.B. in 1916. Knollenberg practiced law in Hawaii, Indiana, Massachusetts, and New York before retiring from it in 1938. For the following six years, he was librarian of Yale University. Between 1943 and 1944, he was senior deputy administra...

Hoffmansthal, Hugo von.

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Weigand, Hermann J. (Hermann John), 1892-1985

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Hermann John Weigand was born in Philadelphia in 1892. Weigand received his bachelor's degree and a doctorate in Germanic studies from the University of Michigan, where he also taught from 1913 to 1918. Weigand then went on to teach at the University of Pennsylvania before his tenure at Yale, which began in 1929. He was a leading United States scholar of Germanic literature, with expertise in medieval literature, the age of Goethe and Romanticism, modern German poetry, and Henrik Ibsen. In 1933 ...