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Gauss Seminars in Criticism Records, 1949-1981: Finding Aid
AC178
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Graduate School.
- Title and dates:
- Gauss Seminars in Criticism Records, 1949-1981
- Abstract:
- Named in honor of Christian Gauss (1878-1951), one of Woodrow Wilson's original preceptors and dean of the college from 1925 to 1946, the Gauss Seminars in Criticism were conceived in 1949 by Richard P. Blackmur (1904-1965). One of America's foremost literary critics–and one of Princeton's most distinguished professors of English–Blackmur sought to stimulate discussion and the exchange of ideas in the humanities through presentations from scholars, artists, critics, and writers. The collection is comprised of correspondence with guest speakers.
- Size:
- 2.1 linear feet (5 archival boxes).
- Call number:
- AC178
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Dept. of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Princeton University Archives.
Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
History of the Gauss Seminars in Criticism
In 1949 Princeton University instituted a series of seminars in criticism and named them in memory of Christian Gauss, who was for many years chairman of the Department of Modern Languages and dean of the college. The aim of these seminars is to explore the theory and practice of criticism in the humanities and sciences, and, indeed, in any area where critical thought seems appropriate or necessary. The seminars consist of a series of lectures ordinarily given at weekly intervals, each followed by an informal but often challenging discussion. The audience is drawn from the Princeton faculty, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Princeton-Rutgers community, and the wider community of New York and Philadelphia. Interested students are also invited to participate. There are customarily three such series each year. Each seminar series is conducted by a distinguished artist, critic, or scholar who is invited to present material that he or she takes to be of interest to specialists and non-specialists alike, and which seems likely to lead to the exchange of ideas and to possibilities for further study. Seminar topics characteristically represent work-in-progress, although reconsiderations of previous work have proven fruitful.
Description
The collection is comprised of correspondence with the guest speaker. Most folders contain a letter of invitation to speak at the Gauss Seminars, correspondence concerning presentation dates, lodging, and material for distribution during the presentation. Other items include payment for lectures and correspondence requesting additional lecture dates at other institutions during the speaker's stay in the United States.
The final folder contains material from a symposium on the subject of Thomas Mann's Dr. Faustus. Symposium speakers, all of whom taught at Princeton at various times, were E.B.O. Borgerhoff (Romance Languages and Literatures); Francis Fergusson, (Comparative Literature); Erich Kahler (Germanic Languages and Literatures); Edmund King (Romance Langauges and Literatures); David Sachs (Philosophy); and Joseph Kerman (Music).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
The collection is arranged in alphabetical order by the last name of the lecturer. Box 1, Folder 1 contains an index with each lecturer's name and topic of discussion. Topics are varied and cover many different subjects in the humanities such as metaphysics, political thought, and existential theme. Other topics examine a specific genre such as poetry, romanticism, and science fiction.
Access and Use
Access
Collection is open for research use.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the University Archivist. Copyright is held by the Trustees of Princeton University.
Related Materials
Related Archival Material
More information on the activities of the Gauss Seminars in Criticism can be found in the Historical Subject Files and Presidents' Records: Robert F. Goheen, 1957-1972. [Note: President Goheen's records are restricted until 2012.]
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Carol Burke in January 2003. Finding aid written by Carol Burke in January 2003.
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Finding aid content adheres to that prescribed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard.
Encoding
Machine-readable finding aid encoded in EAD 2002 by Techbooks and Cristela García-Spitz on October 20, 2006.
Finding aid written in English.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Gauss Seminars in Criticism Records, Box and Folder Number; University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These papers have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Amis, Kingsley.
- Arendt, Hannah, 1906-1975.
- Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973.
- Chomsky, Noam.
- Eco, Umberto.
- Said, Edward W.
- Morgenthau, Hans Joachim, 1904- -- Correspondence.
- Historical criticism (Literature)
- Literature -- 1258-1800 -- History and criticism.
- Literature -- 16th century -- History and criticism.
- Literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
- Literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
- Literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
- Literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
- Seminars -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
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Contents List
Index, 1954-1977
Box 1, Folder 1 Aldridge, John W., 1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 2 Alvarez, Alfred, 1957-1963, 1971-1972
Box 1, Folder 3 Amis, Kingsley, 1958-1959
Box 1, Folder 4 Amis, Kingsley, Correspondence and Questionnaire, 1958-1959
Box 1, Folder 5 Arendt, Hannah, 1952-1953
Box 1, Folder 6 Auden, Wystan H., 1957-1958, 1976
Box 1, Folder 7 Auerbach, Erich, 1949-1955
Box 1, Folder 8 Barr, Stringfellow, 1957
Box 1, Folder 9 Beguin, Albert, 1955
Box 1, Folder 10 Bentley, Eric, 1959-1960
Box 1, Folder 11 Bergmann, Frithjof, 1965-1966
Box 1, Folder 12 Berlin, Sir Isaiah, 1971-1973
Box 1, Folder 13 Berryman, John, 1953
Box 1, Folder 14 Berthoff, Warner, 1971-1973
Box 1, Folder 15 Bonnefoy, Yves, 1968
Box 1, Folder 16 Booth, Wayne, 1972-1974
Box 1, Folder 17 Borgerhoff, E.B.O, 1949-1957
Box 1, Folder 18 Brombert, Victor, 1963-1966
Box 1, Folder 19 Buchanan, Scott, 1956
Box 1, Folder 20 Burke, Kenneth, 1951-1969
Box 1, Folder 21 Burnham, James, 1962-1965
Box 1, Folder 22 Cambon, Blauco, 1963-1964
Box 1, Folder 23 Castro, Americo, 1952
Box 1, Folder 24 Cavell, Stanley, 1970-1971
Box 1, Folder 25 Chiaromonte, Nicola, 1966-1975
Box 2, Folder 1 Chomsky, Noam, 1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 2 Clement, Alain, 1969
Box 2, Folder 3 Cohen, Marshall, 1964
Box 2, Folder 4 Copland, Aaron, 1956
Box 2, Folder 5 Creagh, Patrick, 1971
Box 2, Folder 6 Dahrendorf, Ralf, 1976-1977
Box 2, Folder 7 DeMan, Paul, 1967
Box 2, Folder 8 de Menasce, Father Pierre, 1951
Box 2, Folder 9 Doubrovsky, Serge, 1974-1976
Box 2, Folder 10 Draper, Theodore, 1974
Box 2, Folder 11 Dumont, Louis, 1973-1974, 1981
Box 2, Folder 12 Dworkin, Ronald, 1965-1966
Box 2, Folder 13 Eberhart, Richard, 1955, 1957
Box 2, Folder 14 Eco, Umberto, 1976
Box 2, Folder 15 Edel, Leon, 1952-1953
Box 2, Folder 16 Ellmann, Richard, 1971-1973
Box 2, Folder 17 Erikson, Erik, 1969-1970
Box 2, Folder 18 Erlich, Victor, 1976-1978
Box 2, Folder 19 Fanger, Donald, 1977-1978
Box 2, Folder 20 Fergusson, Francis, 1949-1950
Box 2, Folder 21 Fiedler, Leslie A., 1955-1957
Box 2, Folder 22 Fitzgerald, Robert, 1949-1954, 1964-1965
Box 2, Folder 23-24 Frank, Joseph, 1949-1958
Box 2, Folder 25 Fried, Michael, 1974
Box 3, Folder 1 Fussell, Paul, Jr., 1967
Box 3, Folder 2 Gay, Peter, 1977-1979
Box 3, Folder 3 Goodheart, Eugene, 1972
Box 3, Folder 4 Greenberg, Clement, 1958-1959
Box 3, Folder 5 Guillen, Jorge, 1956-1957
Box 3, Folder 6 Habermas, Jurgen, 1970-1981
Box 3, Folder 7 Hampshire, Stuart, 1973-1975
Box 3, Folder 8 Hardwick, Elizabeth, 1971
Box 3, Folder 9 Hartman, Geoffrey, 1967-1968
Box 3, Folder 10 Hollander, John, 1961-1962
Box 3, Folder 11 Howe, Irving, 1952-1953
Box 3, Folder 12 Hyman, Sidney, 1956-1957
Box 3, Folder 13 Jakobson, Roman, 1966-1968
Box 3, Folder 14 Jarrell, Randall, 1951-1952
Box 3, Folder 15 Jordan, John, 1965
Box 3, Folder 16 Kac, Mark, 1962
Box 3, Folder 17 Kahler, Erich, 1951-1955
Box 3, Folder 18 Kazin, Alfred, 1961-1962
Box 3, Folder 19 Kenner, Hugh, 1973-1974
Box 3, Folder 20 Kerman, Joseph, 1949-1953
Box 3, Folder 21 Kermode, Frank, 1969-1974
Box 3, Folder 22 King, Edmund L., 1950-1951
Box 3, Folder 23 Kitto, H.D.F., 1954-1962
Box 3, Folder 24 Krenek, Ernst, 1956-1957
Box 3, Folder 25 Kronenberger, Louis, 1960-1961
Box 3, Folder 26 Lavin, Marilyn Aronberg, 1969-1976
Box 3, Folder 27 Lazarsfeld, Paul, 1963-1964
Box 3, Folder 28 Levin, Harry, 1960-1961
Box 3, Folder 29 Levi-Strauss, Claude, 1971
Box 3, Folder 30 Lewis, R.W.B., 1959-1960
Box 3, Folder 31 MacDonald, Dwight, 1958-1959
Box 3, Folder 32 McCarthy, Mary, 1957
Box 3, Folder 33 McCormick, John, 1969
Box 3, Folder 34 Magny, Madame Claude-Edmonde, 1957-1958
Box 3, Folder 35 Manuel, Frank, 1979
Box 4, Folder 1 Marcuse, Herbert, 1969-1970
Box 4, Folder 2 Maritain, Jacques, 1951
Box 4, Folder 3 Markovic, Mihailo, 1976
Box 4, Folder 4 Mathewson, Rufus, 1969
Box 4, Folder 5 Medawar, Sir Peter Brian, 1974-1976
Box 4, Folder 6 Merwin, W.S., 1957
Box 4, Folder 7 Meyer, Alfred G., 1972-1973
Box 4, Folder 8 Miller, William, 1960-1961
Box 4, Folder 9 Mintz, Sidney Wilfred, 1977-1979
Box 4, Folder 10 Momigliano, Arnaldo, 1978-1980
Box 4, Folder 11 Monegal, E. Rodriguez, 1977-1980
Box 4, Folder 12 Morris, Wright, 1971
Box 4, Folder 13 Morgenthau, Dr. Hans, 1971-1972
Box 4, Folder 14 Moynahan, Julian, 1973-1975
Box 4, Folder 15 Mumford, Lewis, 1952-1953
Box 4, Folder 16 O'Faolain, Sean, 1952-1961
Box 4, Folder 17 Passmore, John, 1974-1976
Box 4, Folder 18 Pritchett, Victor S., 1953-1954
Box 4, Folder 19 Poggioli, Renato, 1961-1962
Box 4, Folder 20 Read, Herbert, 1950-1951
Box 4, Folder 21 Richards, Ivor Armstrong, 1951-1960
Box 4, Folder 22 Rieff, Philip, 1969-1975
Box 4, Folder 23 Rizzardi, Alfredo, 1957
Box 4, Folder 24 Roger, Jacques, 1977-1978
Box 4, Folder 25 Rosen, Charles, 1976-1977
Box 4, Folder 26 Rosenberg, Harold, 1962-1963
Box 4, Folder 27 Sachs, David J., 1950-1951
Box 4, Folder 28 Said, Edward, 1974-1977
Box 4, Folder 29 Sarraute, Nathalie, 1971-1972
Box 4, Folder 30 Schapiro, Meyer, 1955-1956
Box 4, Folder 31 Schneider, Pierre, 1954-1955
Box 4, Folder 32 Schorer, Mark, 1950
Box 4, Folder 33 Schwartz, Delmore, 1949-1951, 1970
Box 4, Folder 34 Sewell, Elizabeth, 1967-1968
Box 4, Folder 35 Shattuck, Roger, 1969-1970
Box 4, Folder 36 Shils, Edward, 1977-1978
Box 4, Folder 37 Simon, John, 1972
Box 4, Folder 38 Singleton, Charles, 1958-1960
Box 5, Folder 1 Speaight, Robert, 1954-1972
Box 5, Folder 2 Spears, Monroe, 1974-1975
Box 5, Folder 3 Spender, Stephen, 1965
Box 5, Folder 4 Spitzer, Leo, 1953-1955
Box 5, Folder 5 Steiner, George, 1958-1959
Box 5, Folder 6 Tate, Allen, 1972-1973
Box 5, Folder 7 Thomson, Virgil, 1953
Box 5, Folder 8 Tillich, Paul, 1952
Box 5, Folder 9 Todorov, Tzvetan, 1973-1977
Box 5, Folder 10 Trilling, Diana, 1971-1972
Box 5, Folder 11 Trilling, Lionel, 1962-1970
Box 5, Folder 12 Tuve, Rosemond, 1957-1959
Box 5, Folder 13 Vendler, Helen, 1977-1978
Box 5, Folder 14 von Blanckenhagen, Peter H., 1967-1970
Box 5, Folder 15 Simon, Otto von, 1971-1973
Box 5, Folder 16 Weaver, William, 1974-1975
Box 5, Folder 17 Wellek, Rene, 1949-1950
Box 5, Folder 18 Wiesel, Elie, 1969
Box 5, Folder 19 Wigner, Eugene, 1976
Box 5, Folder 20 Wills, Garry, 1975
Box 5, Folder 21 Wilson, Edmund, 1951-1953
Box 5, Folder 22 Zweig, Paul, 1973-1974
Box 5, Folder 23 Symposium on Thomas Mann: Dr. Faustus - Borgerhoff, Fergusson, Kahler, Kerman, King, Sachs, 1951-1976
Box 5, Folder 24
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