French literature
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Alexandre Dumas handwritten note to François Buloz
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0733
Abstract
Alexandre Dumas, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père, was a French writer. Many of his historical novels of high adventure were originally published as serials, including The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers. Alexandre Dumas, fils (1824-1895) was a French writer and dramatist, best known for Camille (a.k.a. The Lady of the...
Dates:
undated, 1894
Found in:
Special Collections
Author Letters, 1653 - 2009, bulk: 1920 - 1980
Series
Abstract
This series consists of 1,119 documents, including letters, manuscripts, drawings, and photographs by noteworthy English and French authors and artists, as well as authors with personal ties to Professors Richard Macksey or Elliot Coleman.
Dates:
1653 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1920 - 1980
Found in:
Special Collections
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Richard Macksey papers
Lancaster French Play collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-0320
Scope and Contents
The collection (1629-1700) consists of photostats of 28 French plays written or performed in the seventeenth century. The plays are in French and were aquired from libraries in France by Henry Carrington Lancaster, Johns Hopkins professor of French literature, while he was researching and writing A History of French Dramatic Literature in the Seventeenth Century. In the published volumes, Dr. Lancaster notes the locations and the manuscript numbers of the original manuscripts. One other item...
Dates:
1629 - 1700
Found in:
Special Collections
Richard Macksey papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-0907
Abstract
This collection is made up of the papers, letters, photographs, manuscripts, and other ephemera collected by Professor Richard Macksey (1931-2019), who worked in what is now the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute and The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University from 1958 until his formal retirement in 2010. Because of Macksey’s personal interests and his professional work, the time range of the documents is quite wide. The range goes from 1653 to 2009, with most of the dates clustering...
Dates:
1652 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1953 - 2009
Found in:
Special Collections
Sophie Gay letters to Alexandre Guiraud
Collection — 1: [Barcode: 31151030141711]
Identifier: MS-0772
Abstract
This collection is a set of six letters from French author Sophie Gay to French poet Alexandre Guiraud written in 1822. Sophie Gay was a French author born in Paris, France in 1776. Alexandre Guirard was a French poet, dramatic author, and novelist born in Paris, France 1788.
Dates:
1822
Found in:
Special Collections