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Finding aid created by: MRC
Date: 21 Apr 2010
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| 2 Jun 2021 | processed (MRC) |
Overview of the Collection |
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| Creator: | Louys, Pierre, 1870-1925. |
| Title: | Pierre Louÿs Manuscripts |
| Dates: | unknown |
| Quantity: | 0.5 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Manuscripts of works by the French poet and author. |
| Language: | French |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Pierre Louÿs (1870-1925) was a French poet and writer known for his erotic and sensual themes, particular lesbian. A friend of both André Gide and Oscar Wilde, he was named a Chevalier and then an Officer of the Légion d'honneur for his contributions to French literature. One of his early works, Les Chansons de Bilitis (Songs of Bilitis), had strong lesbian themes; the Daughter of Bilitis, one of the first lesbian civil and political rights organization in the United States, took its name from this work.
The Pierre Louÿs Manuscripts consists of manuscripts of two of his works, L'Île aux dames (published posthumously in 1988) and an unidentified manuscript concerning members of a family named Morfy, Morphy, or Murphy (numerous variant spellings appear in the manuscript), which apparently was never published.
Each manuscript is in its own clamshell box stamped in gold.
Access Restrictions:
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Use Restrictions:
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Microfilm versions of the manuscripts are also available.
Persons
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925.
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925. -- L'île aux dames.
Subjects
Authors, French -- 20th century.
Lesbians in literature.
Poets, French.
Genres and Forms
Manuscripts (document genre)
Manuscripts for publication.
Microfilm.
Occupations
Authors.
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Pierre Louÿs Manuscripts,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1969.
Manuscripts
Note on alternate formats:
Microfilm versions of the manuscripts are also available.
| Manuscripts | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | L'Île aux dames (Island of Women) undated - handwritten manuscript in purple ink, 72pp. | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | [Untitled] undated - handwritten manuscript concerning a family variously named Morfi, Morphy, or Murphy, including genealogical table, "Plans et composition," and "Table des chapitres" | ||||||||||