Emir Rodríguez Monegal Papers

• Introduction
• Biographical Note
• Collection Description
• Series
• Box/Folder Listing

Introduction

Range of Collection Dates: 1941-1985
Range of Collection Bulk Dates: 1965-1968

Size: 11 linear feet (23 archival boxes)

Languages: The primary language of the collection is Spanish, but there is also some correspondence and manuscripts in French, Portuguese, and English.

Provenance: The Papers were purchased from Thomas Colchie and Associates, Inc., in 1986.

Restrictions: None.

Photocopying, literary rights, and citation: Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determinig any questions of copyright. Citations should be as follows: Emir Rodríguez Monegal Papers, Series #, Box #. Used by permission of the Princeton University Libraries.

Biographical Note

Rodríguez Monegal was also know for his literary biographies of Andres Bello (El otro Andrés Bello [1969]), of Horacio Quiroga (El desterrado: vida y obra de Horacio Quiroga [1968]), of Pablo Neruda (El viajero inmóvil: Introducción a Pablo Neruda [1966] and Neruda, el viajero inmóvil [1977]), and of Jorge Luis Borges (Jorge Luis Borges: A Literary Biography [1978]). He also edited critical and literary collections, among which are José Enrique Rodó, 1871-1917 (1963, 1967), El cuento uruguayo: de los orígenes al modernismo (1965), Borges par lui-memê (1970, 1978, Spanish ed. 1983), The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature (with Thomas Colchie, 1977), Pablo Neruda (1980), and Borges, a Reader: A Selection from the Writings of Jorge Luis Borges (with Alistair Reid, 1981).

Collection Description

The Emir Rodríguez Monegal Papers consists mainly of correspondence between Rodríguez Monegal and a wide range of internationally prominent literary figures, scholars, critics, publishers, and academic institutions--much of it relating to Rodríguez Monegal's role as editor and literary critic of Marcha, and Mundo Nuevo--covering mainly the period from 1965 to 1968. The collection includes notes and manuscript and typescript drafts with holograph corrections of essays, lectures, and book reviews by Rodríguez Monegal. Included also are manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, short stories, and novels of authors such as Homero Aridjis, Cecilia Bustamante, Jose Donoso, Luisa Futoransky, Salvador Garmendia, Pedro Salinas, and Severo Sarduy, some of which were submissions by these writers to the aforementioned journals. There is also a large number of tape recordings of interviews, readings, and lectures by Rodríguez Monegal and others.

Miscellaneous and printed material concerns Marcha and Mundo Nuevo (instructions to contributors, payments to contributors, travel and entertainment expenses, etc.) and the International P.E.N. meeting in Bled, Yugoslavia, in July, 1965. There are also copies of book orders placed by Rodríguez Monegal, newspaper and magazine clippings, press releases, and theater and movie programs.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged in the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Articles, Reviews, Notes; III. Papers of Others; IV. Miscellaneous and Printed Material; and V. Tape Recordings.

Added Entries

The following added entries have been assigned to this collection to highlight significant sources (other than the main entry), subjects, and forms of the collection's materials. Where possible, Library of Congress Subjects Headings have been used, and the forms of names reflect international cataloging standards. As a result, all of these entries may be searched in the Department's database (MASC), in the Library's online catalogue, and in the public card catalogue to find other related material.

    Subject Headings (in uppercase) / Form Headings (in upper and lower case):

    Audiotapes
    Colibrí / Severo Sarduy
    Critics--Latin America--20th century--Correspondence
    Critics--Latin America--20th century--Interviews
    Este domingo / José Donoso
    INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF THE P.E.N. CLUBS (33RD: 1965: BLED, SLOVENIA
    Latin American fiction--20th century
    Latin American poetry--20th century
    LATIN AMERICA--INTELLECTUAL LIFE--20TH CENTURY
    LATIN AMERICAN LITERATURE--20TH CENTURY
    MARCHA
    MUNDO NUEVO
    Novelists, Latin American--20th century--Correspondence
    Novelists, Latin American--20th century--Interviews
    Poets, Latin American--20th century--Correspondence
    Poets, Latin American--20th century--Interviews
    Rie el eterno lacayo / José Donoso
    Siberia blues / Nestor Sánchez

Series Descriptions

Box/Folder Listing