Ellmann, Richard, 1918-1987
Person
Biography
American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats.
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
"An Old-Fashioned Radical...": Interview, 1982-02-05
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.31
"Joyce's Boswell: Interview, 1982-06-16
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.35
Letter from Ellsworth Mason to Laura Jackson, 1971-09-08
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: 1976.004.1.7.018
Scope and Contents
"Now, for the Cave and Ford material, can we proceed along these lines. Since Cave's book is due so soon from Fabers, they are the publisher's of Ellmann's and my Critical Writings of James Joyce. We both were together with Peter du Sautoy, the partner we deal with, at the 3rd International Joane Joyce Symposium in Trieste in June..."
Dates:
1971-09-08
Letter from [Ellsworth Mason] to Laura Jackson, 1973-11-11
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Identifier: 1976.004.1.9.016
Scope and Contents
"On a far less persoal and important level I am having irritations with publishers. The Critical Writings of James Joyce, which I edited with Richard Ellmann 15 years ago went into French translation in 1966. Although this book contains an important introduction by Ellmann, headnotes and footnotes to each piece that extend considerably our understanding of Joyce's biography, influences, and values, and my translations into English of a dozen articles and unpublished lectures in Joyce's...
Dates:
1973-11-11
"On Writing the Joyce Biography"
File
Identifier: 1988.012.1.39
Richard Ellmann papers
Collection
Identifier: 1988-012
Scope and Contents
This collection contains of a wide variety of research and personal materials (correspondence, offprint and photocopied articles, photographs, and sound recordings) for his classes, lectures, and writing as well as extensive files (including drafts, setting copies, galley and page proofs) for his published books.These reflect Ellmann's long interest in biography, Irish authors James Joyce, W. B. Yeats, Oscar Wilde, and Samuel Beckett as well as French authors Andre Gide and Henri...
Dates:
1837 - 1990