MS Fr 372.3
Yourcenar, Marguerite. English translations of Marguerite Yourcenar by
Walter Jacob Kaiser: Guide.
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Call No.: MS Fr 372.3
Creator:
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Title: English translations of Marguerite Yourcenar by Walter Jacob Kaiser,
Date(s): 1983-1986.
Quantity:
3 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Abstract: Correspondence and manuscripts concerning Walter Kaiser's English
translation of works by French writer Marguerite Yourcenar.
Processed by: Bonnie B. Salt
*87M-119. Manuscripts presented by: Professor Walter Jacob
Kaiser, Villa I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance
Studies, Via di Vincigliata, 26, 50135 Florence, Italy; received 6 May 1988.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
English Translations of
Marguerite Yourcenar by Walter Jacob Kaiser (MS Fr 372.3). Houghton Library,
Harvard University.
Organized into the following two series:
- I. Correspondence
- II. Compositions
Correspondence and manuscripts concerning Kaiser's English translation of works
by Marguerite Yourcenar. Includes: Alexis, and Comme l'eau qui coule [Two lives and a dream]. Comme l'eau qui coule includes:
Anna, soror, Un homme obscur, Une belle matinee,
and Postfaces [Anna, soror, An obscure man, A
lovely morning, and Postfaces]. Also includes correspondence with
Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
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Series:
I. Correspondence
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(1)
Kaiser, Walter Jacob. Correspondence with Farrar,
Straus & Giroux,
1984-1986.
1
folder.
Correspondents:Jane Bobko,
Nancy Miller, and Linda Sartorius; concerning
publishing of English translations of Alexis, and Two lives and a dream.
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(2)
Yourcenar, Marguerite. Letters to Walter Jacob
Kaiser,
1983.
1 folder.
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Series:
II. Compositions
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(3)
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Alexis : Ts and Ts
(photocopy), [1983?].
5 folders.
Draft of English translation by Walter Jacob Kaiser; includes AMs annotations and revisions by MY and Kaiser; there are duplicate
pages for page nos. 31, 41, 45, and 54.
With pages of additional revisions.
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(5)
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Two lives and a dream :
Ts (photocopy), 1985.
11 folders.
Incomplete English translation by Walter Jacob Kaiser of MY's Comme l'eau qui coule; includes Ms annotations by
Kaiser? and proofreader.
This draft is an incomplete photocopy of manuscript
bMS Fr 372.2 (527). The annotations vary between the two drafts.
With
additional pages of revisions.
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(6)
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Two lives and a dream :
master galley proof (photocopy), [1986? Oct.]
1 folder.
Incomplete set for English
translation by Walter Jacob Kaiser of MY's Comme l'eau qui
coule; includes Ms annotations by Kaiser? and proofreader.
This draft is
an incomplete photocopy of the original master galley proofs found in manuscript bMS
Fr 372.2 (528).
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(10)
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Two lives and a dream : A beautiful morning : computer printout, 1985.
3 folders.
Second draft of English translation
by Walter Jacob Kaiser of MY's Une belle matinée; later
titled, A lovely morning; for MY's, Comme l'eau qui coule; includes
Ts comments and questions from Kaiser to MY.
With additional pages of
"possible changes".
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(20)
Yourcenar, Marguerite.
Two lives and a dream : Postfaces : computer printout, 1985.
1 folder.
Sixth draft of English translation by Walter Jacob Kaiser for MY's Comme l'eau qui coule.
With
printed English version of Postfaces,torn from a book.
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