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Albert G. Latham answers to Adolf Ingram Frantz questionnaire : typescript
Title
Albert G. Latham answers to Adolf Ingram Frantz questionnaire : typescript.
Production
United States?, circa 1930s.
Physical Description
1 item (8 pages)
Language
English
Notes
In English.
Provenance
Source unknown.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Albert G. Latham (1864-1940) was a Professor of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. He translated Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust for the Everyman's Library edition.
Adolf Ingram Frantz (1894-1986) received his B.A. degree from Tabor College in 1916; his master's degree from Stanford University in 1924; and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1931. His Yale dissertation, Half a Hundred Thralls of Faust, was published by University of North Carolina Press in 1949.
Summary
Typescript by Albert G. Latham, with manuscript annotations and corrections, answering a questionnaire sent by Adolf Ingram Frantz for research on his dissertation Half a Hundred Thralls of Faust. Latham includes biographical information about himself and describes his experience translating German literature. The document contains copies of the text of four letters addressed to Latham from Ghita Auber Corri, F. B. Jevons, G. W. Kitchin, and John Sibbald. Letters discuss Latham's translation of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play Faust.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
March 02, 2022
References
Albert G. Latham Answers to Adolf Ingram Frantz Questionnaire. Yale Collection of German Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Albert G. Latham Answers to Adolf Ingram Frantz Questionnaire. Yale Collection of German Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Occupation
Authors Germany 19th century.
Translators Great Britain 20th century.
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