Aragon, Louis, to E.R.Curtius, 4 May 1921

Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

ALS in German about the poor reception of his poetry in France: "Ich schwöre Ihnen, [dass] kein französicher Kritik, dem ich mein Buch gesendet habe, mir ein einfaches Dankwort geschrieben hat". Offers to send Curtius a copy of "Feu de Joie": "Ich würde zufrieden sein, es Ihnen [zu] senden. Hier aber, hielt man es für unverständliches Pathos, und dafür wage ich nicht selbt diese Jugend- (was sage ich?), [diese] Kindheit-Gedichte jemandem zu geben."...

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Dates

4 May 1921

Creator

From the Collection: Curtius, Ernst, 1814-1896. (Person)
From the Collection: Curtius, Ernst Robert, 1886-1956. (Person)
From the Collection: Aragon, 1897-1982. (Person)
From the Collection: Beach, Sylvia. (Person)
From the Collection: Benois-Méchin, Jacques, 1901- (Person)
From the Collection: Blanche, Jacques-Emile, 1861-1942. (Person)
From the Collection: Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. (Person)
From the Collection: Coudenhove-Kalergi, Richard Nicolaus, Graf von, 1894-1972. (Person)
From the Collection: Crevel, René, 1900-1935. (Person)
From the Collection: Du Bos, Charles, 1882-1939. (Person)
From the Collection: George, Stefan, 1868-1933. (Person)
From the Collection: Gide, André, 1869-1951. (Person)
From the Collection: Green, Julien, 1900-1998. (Person)
From the Collection: Joyce, James, 1882-1941. (Person)
From the Collection: Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. (Person)
From the Collection: Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. (Person)
From the Collection: Paulhan, Jean, 1884-1968. (Person)
From the Collection: Pozzi, Catherine, 1882-1934. (Person)
From the Collection: Proust, Marcel, 1871-1922. (Person)
From the Collection: Rilke, Rainer Maria, 1875-1926. (Person)
From the Collection: Rohan, Karl Anton Prinz, 1898-1975. (Person)
From the Collection: Sieburg, Friedrich, 1893-1964. (Person)
From the Collection: Thibaudet, Albert, 1874-1936. (Person)
From the Collection: Travers, Theodor Heinrich. (Person)
From the Collection: Valéry, Paul, 1871-1945. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English, French, and German.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Physical Description

1 leaf

Physical Storage Information

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Mixed Materials)

Repository Details

Repository Details

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