French literature
Subject
Subject Source: Fast
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Alexandre Dumas handwritten note to François Buloz
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: 31151030118933]
Identifier: MS-0733
Overview
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...
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 in...
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Lancaster French Play collection
Sophie Gay letters to Alexandre Guiraud
Collection — 1: [Barcode: 31151030141711]
Identifier: MS-0772
Overview
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.