Lot n° 174

ELIOT (Thomas Stearns). Lettre signée, en anglais, à l'écrivain et historien de la littérature …

Estimation : 800 - 1 000 EUR
Adjudication : Invendu
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ELIOT (Thomas Stearns). Lettre signée, en anglais, à l'écrivain et historien de la littérature Yves-Gérard LeDantec. Londres, 11octobre 1946. Unep. in-8 carré dactylographiée, en-tête imprimé des éditions Faber and Faber à Londres. «...Ihave re-read my preface and confess that after such a lapse of time Iam rather ashamed of it. Such a preface written when Valéry's work was still comparatively little known in this country is not such as Iwould write today. Of course, the fact that Iknow much more of Valéry's work than Idid then, and also the fact that the picture of Valéry is somewhat altered in view of his subsequent work, make the whole thing rather out of date, so Ishould not like it to be issued unless the original date of publication were clearly given. There are also a few sentences which Imight improve. Ihave written again to colonel Wardle to ask him to write to you...» T.S.Eliot avait publié en 1924 un essai sur Paul Valéry en introduction à la traduction anglaise du poème de celui-ci «LeSerpent», par Mark Wardle. Joint, 2traductions différentes de l'essai en question de T.S.Eliot, l'une autographe d'Yves-Gérard LeDantec (10ff. in-folio), l'autre dactylographiée avec correction (8ff. in-folio sur papier pelure, en 2exemplaires).
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