Cremdementhe and Malaisande : a play in 6 acts : typescript / by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Dr. Maxwell Schneider.

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Schneider, Maxwell, creator.

Contributor:

Richard L. Sperry, WG'67, Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections.

Fergusson, Francis, former owner.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945. American tragedy.

Dreiser, Theodore.

Maeterlinck, Maurice, 1862-1949. Pelléas et Mélisande.

Maeterlinck, Maurice.

Literature.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, American -- 20th century.

Manuscripts, English -- 20th century.

Satirical fiction.

Hybrid books.

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Francis Fergusson (Freeman's).

Sold by Freeman's (Philadelphia, PA), 2014.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 20 x 14 cm

Production:

[Place of production not identified] : 1926.

Summary:

Typescript of a supposed introduction by Theodore Dreiser to Maeterlinck's Cremdementhe and Malaisande, satirizing both Dreiser's American Tragedy and Maeterlinck's Pelléas et Mélisande, appended to an altered copy of James Roy Lester's letter from an old time salesman to his son (Chicago, 1922)

Notes:

Title from p.3.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Richard L. Sperry, WG'67, Endowment for Rare Books and Manuscripts Collections.

Cited as:

Cremdementhe and Malaisande (Ms. Codex 2283). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.