Shelfmark
MS 785
Author
Title
Autograph letters to John Sparrow enclosing typed material relating to the English edition of Marguerite Yourcenar's Mémoires d'Hadrien.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London ; 1955.
Physical description
10 leaves ; 20-26 cm.
Note
Devised title.
Note
2 ALS from Roger Senhouse (ECL MS 785) on Secker & Warburg stationery, one dated 28 April 1955 requesting John Sparrow's comments on aspects of the translation and enclosing a loose copy of the final epitaph from the book; the other dated 26 May 1955, enclosing typed copies of a letter from Yourcenar to Senhouse dated 9 July 1952 and annotated typed copy of 'Extract from letter of May 8th' in English and French.
Note
Typed copies produced by Senhouse in 1955.
Summary, etc.
Summary: Correspondence chiefly concerns Senhouse's proposal to translate the final epitaph from the original French to Latin rather than English, rejected by the author; and the Americanisms in the original English translation.
Subject
Yourcenar, Marguerite, 1903 - 1987 Mémoires d'Hadrien.
Subject
French literature 20th century Translations into English.
Added entry--name
Sparrow, John, 1906 - 1992 correspondent.
Added entry--name
Yourcenar, Marguerite, 1903 - 1987 correspondent.
Added entry--place
England London.
Language code
eng fre
Identifier
B53084