Finding Aid for the Pierre Louÿs Collection 1889-1912
Processed by Rebecca Fenning.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
University of California, Los Angeles
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Pierre Louÿs Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1889-1912
Collection number: MS.2010.001
Creator: Louÿs,
Pierre 1870-1925
Extent:
1 box
(2.5 linear inches)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles.
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: Manuscripts and drafts of letters written by French writer Pierre
Louÿs.
Physical location: Clark Library
Language of Material: Collection materials in French
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the William Andrews Clark Memorial
Library, UCLA. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Clark Librarian.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of the William Andrews
Clark Memorial Library, UCLA as the owner of the physical items and is
not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder,
which must also be obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Pierre Louÿs Collection,
MS.2010.001, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
Clark Library purchase, 2010.
Processing History
Processed by Rebecca Fenning, January 2010
Biography
Pierre Louÿs, born December 10, 1870 in Ghent, Belgium, spent
most of his life and career in France. A writer and poet, famous for his
treatment of lesbian and Classical themes, some of Louÿs' most
famous works include Les chansons de Bilitis and Aphrodite (moeurs
antiques).
Scope and Content
Manuscripts and drafts of letters written by French writer Pierre
Louÿs. Items include notes on writers and writing, drafts of
letters, and a contract drafts for a work to be entitled Le livre
ancien. Most items are undated, but fall roughly between the years 1889
and 1912.
Related Material
Other manuscript material by Pierre Louÿs at the Clark
Library:
Letter, 1903 Oct. 28 [to unknown literature critic]. ba MS.2006.010.
Aphrodite [proofs], 1896. MS.2008.011.
Letter, 1891 November 29, to Oscar Wilde. Wilde Box 40, Folder 26.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Authors, French--19th century
French poetry--19th century
Genres and Forms
Contracts--France--20th
century
Notebooks--France--19th
century
Box 1, Folder 1
Notecards on mathematical and scientific subjects,
undated
Scope and Content Note
8 pages of notes on multiplication and division, optics and
reflection, hydraulics, heat, electricity, mechanics, cosmography and
Kepler's laws.
Box 1, Folder 2
Quatrain on "Aphrodite,"
undated
Box 1, Folder 3
Stylistical study,
[October 1889]
Scope and Content Note
A pair of essays describing "la mer vue de le cote, le soir au soleil
couchant" from the viewpoints of an ancient Greek and a modern
Frenchman. Date written in pencil in a different hand.
Box 1, Folder 4
"La Bataille de Pelleas,"
undated
Scope and Content Note
Notes commending the talent of Victor Hugo, quoting a line from
Hernani.
Box 1, Folder 5
"Fragment du Narcisse,"
undated
Scope and Content Note
A passage from Paul Valéry's "Fragments du Narcisse."
Box 1, Folder 6
"La femme machine : traduit de l'Italien,"
undated
Scope and Content Note
Manuscript booklet, with a note in Louÿs' hand that reads
"Traduction de la Disputatio perjucunda (1595)."
Box 1, Folder 7
Unbound notes and fragments,
undated
Scope and Content Note
A series of unbound notes and fragments, written on uniformly sized
paper, treating topics from the Sorbonne to readings on historical
subjects, Pierre Corneille and Madame Bovary.
Box 1, Folder 8
Drafts of two letters,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Rough drafts of two letters, one written to a M. Bidou concerning
Corneille, and another to a huissier (possibly) named Cormier.
Box 1, Folder 9
"Institut Impérial,"
undated
Scope and Content Note
Bound manuscript booklet in Louÿs' hand, containing a eulogy
for a surgeon, Sabatier, headed "Institut Impérial." The cover
the the booklet reads "Le Moniteur Universel, No. 215, du samedi 3
août 1811."
Box 1, Folder 10
Newspaper clipping and notes in German,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Poem clipped from a newspaper, with notes by Louÿs in German
below.
Box 1, Folder 11
Notes on the Veinant sale and Bigarrures,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Notes on a 1614 Bigarrures from the "Vente Veinant."
Box 1, Folder 12
Draft contracts for Le livre ancien,
ca. 1912
Scope and Content Note
Notes and drafts of a contract between Louÿs, Louis Loviot and
M. de Boccard of Fontemoing and Cie., regarding the publication of Le
livre ancien.