Louisa Siefert correspondence and poems, 1857-1910
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Description
- Title
- Louisa Siefert correspondence and poems, 1857-1910
- Creator
- Siefert, Louisa, 1845-1877
- Abstract
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Series I contains approximately a thousand letters, primarily personal correspondence among members of Louisa Siefert's family. The majority of the letters are between Siefert and her sister, Clemy (Siefert) Bost, and between Siefert and her mother, Adele-Adrienne (Belz) Siefert. These letters mainly document social and personal activities, such as news of Clemy's husband and children and the health of their mother. Many of Louisa Siefert's letters to her sister describe her own ailing health and advancing tuberculosis, and her doctors' advice. Letters to Siefert's mother also describe the dinners Siefert attends; visits with acquaintances, including Victor Hugo, Charles Blanc, and Paul Chenevard; and operas she sees. Other correspondents in the collection include Siefert's friends such as Charles Asselineau, Chenevard, and Emmanuel des Essarts; admirers of her poetry; the Journal de Lyon concerning her publications; and family members to each other after her death. Also in the collection are Siefert's wedding announcement and death notice; several accounts and receipts; and a manuscript, with numerous corrections, of Adele-Adrienne Siefert's memoirs of her daughter
Series II contains eight volumes of poetry, primarily in Siefert's hand. Two volumes contain collections of other poets' works, one of which includes, dos-a-dos, a juvenile play by Siefert titled En Automne. Other volumes include a set of notes taken during a course on French poetry taught by Charles Asselineau, and four collections of original poetry dated between 1865 and 1872, which include many sentimental or dedicatory poems to friends and family members. The original poems are annotated with the dates of their composition, and occasionally with publication information; and laid in a volume titled Poems d'amour are two pages of comments on the poems in Asselineau's hand. Also included in the collection is a volume of reviews of Siefert's works, copied in her hand
- Description
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Louisa Siefert (1845-1877), poet, was raised in Lyon as a Protestant by her parents Henry Siefert, vice-consul to Portugal, and Adele-Adrienne (Belz) Siefert. Her first book of poems, Rayons perdus, was published in 1868 to great acclaim; other collections published during her lifetime include L'Année républicaine (1869); Les Stoïques (1870); Les Saintes Colères (1871); and Comédies romanesques (1872); as well as a novel, Méline (1875). Through her friendship with Charles Asselineau, she became well acquainted with other literary and artistic figures, including Victor Hugo, Emile Deschamps, Charles Baudelaire, and Paul Chenavard. In 1876, she married Jocelyn Pene, secretary to Emilio Castelar; a year later, she died of tuberculosis in Pau, France. After her death, her mother published Souvenirs, Poésies inédites.
In French. - Provenance
- Purchased from Bernard Quaritch, Ltd. on the Edwin J.Beinecke Book Fund, 2006.
- Extent
- 2.5 linear feet (6 boxes)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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French
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- GEN MSS 640
- Container / Volume
- Box 5
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Correspondence
Family papers - Subject (Geographic)
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France
France. - Subject (Name)
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Asselineau, Charles, 1820-1874
Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882.
Castelar, Emilio, 1832-1899.
Chenavard, Paul Marc Joseph, 1807-1895.
Des Essarts, Alfred Emmanuel Langlois, 1839-1909.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
Siefert, Louisa, 1845-1877.
Siefert family. - Subject (Topic)
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Artists
Authors, French
French literature
French poetry
Romanticism
Sentimentalism in literature
Tuberculosis
Social life and customs - Subjects
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Asselineau, Charles, 1820-1874 > Correspondence
Blanc, Charles, 1813-1882
Castelar, Emilio, 1832-1899
Chenavard, Paul Marc Joseph, 1807-1895
Des Essarts, Alfred Emmanuel Langlois, 1839-1909
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885
Siefert, Louisa, 1845-1877
Siefert family
Artists > France > 19th century > Correspondence
Authors, French > 19th century > Correspondence
French literature > 19th century
French poetry > 19th century
Romanticism > France
Sentimentalism in literature
Tuberculosis
France > Social life and customs > 19th century
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
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- Citation
- Louisa Siefert Correspondence and Poems. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8619197
- Object ID (OID)
- 15947592