Lévy, Maurice, papers Maurice Lévy papers MSS 15822

Maurice Lévy papers MSS 15822

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/

Tanner Greene

Repository

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Identification

MSS 15822

Title

Maurice Lévy papers 1952-2012

URL:

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/ark:/59853/133356

Quantity

3.25 Cubic Feet, 6 legal document boxes, 1 legal half-width document box

Creator

Lévy, Maurice, 1929-

Language

Materials are primarily in French, with a substantial minority in English.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 15822, Maurice Lévy papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Ellen Lévy to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library in 2014

Maurice Lévy was born in Constantine, Algeria on July 9, 1929. Lévy wrote his dissertation on English gothic literature, making extensive use of the University of Virginia's Sadleir-Black Collection of Gothic Literature and quickly became known as a pre-eminent scholar on the subject. In 2009, Lévy contacted UVa to donate his personal collection of French Gothic translations. Lévy died in 2012.

Source: UVa Today, Caliban volume 31

Scope and Contents Note

The Maurice Lévy papers (1952-2012; 3.25 cubic feet) document the research, professional career, and personal life of Maurice Lévy. The bulk of the collection consists of research papers and publications, with subjects ranging from gothic literature to William Faulkner to H.P. Lovecraft. The collection also contains conference talks given by Lévy, correspondence with universities and grant agencies, publications from Lévy's organization CERLI (Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur les Littératures de l'Imaginaire), and a few photographs of Lévy with family members.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged by five subject areas and then chronologically within each subject.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Gothic fiction (Literary genre)
letters (correspondence)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

Lévy, Maurice, 1929-

Container List

Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4

Gothic literature

1957-2012French.

Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 1
Talks on "the gothic," English
1987
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 2
Talks on "the gothic," French
2000-2009
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 3
"Le roman 'gothique' anglais," publisher and university correspondence
1994-1995
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 4
Book reviews
1970-1993
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 5
Book reviews
1971-1995
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 6
"The Englishness of the Gothic Novel"
1970s
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 7
"Le gothique post moderne" and pulp fiction cover prints
2003
Mixed Materials [X031660850] box: 1 folder: 8
Research and notes on women in gothic literature
1985-2001
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 1
"Etudes pour la maniere noire," unpublished manuscript
2012
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 2
Journal article offprints
1963-2003
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 3
Correspondence on Gothic research
1957-1966
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 4
University of Virginia research correspondence and papers
1957-1965
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 5
Bibliography of Gothic novels published between 1770 and 1800
circa 1960
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 6
Bibliography of Gothic novels published between 1770 and 1800 cnt.
circa 1960
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 7
"'Gothic' and the Critical Idiom" offprint and correspondence
1991-2008
Mixed Materials [X031660851] box: 2 folder: 8
"Candide chez les Sans-Culottes"
2012
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 1
Anno Press "Gothic Novels" correspondence, "The Fatal Revenge" introduction
1971-1975
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 2
"Renouveau gothique en Grande-Brentagne," architectural visual material
1990s
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 3
Architectural visual materials cnt.
1990s
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 9
"Strawberry Hill and Otranto"
1990s-2012
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 10
Copies of "The Monk" illustrations, Maurice Levy research correspondence
1971
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 11
"Le Moine" preface, correspondence
1970-1972
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 12
Agregation d'Anglais curriculum on "The Monk"
1986
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 13
"Depeche du Midi" interview with Maurice Levy
1985
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 1
"The Remains of the Gothic" conference program
2003
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 2
Conference programs and correspondence on "Les images du Roman Noir"
1975-1980
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 3
Bibliography on Ann Radcliffe, "The Mysteries of Udolpho"
circa 1997

Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3

18th century British literature

1974-2009

Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 4
"Le Jordin anglaise" manuscript, correspondence, and visual material
1989
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 5
"Reynolds et son Oeuvre"
1985
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 6
James Boswell biography correspondence
1991-2001
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 7
"Hommage," on James Boswell to Michael Baridon
1990s-2000s
Mixed Materials [X031660852] box: 3 folder: 8
Agregation d'Anglais correspondence and curriculum
1974

Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5

Career, personal life, and publications

1954-2012

Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 4
Maurice Levy CVs
1990-2005
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 5
Family photographs, undated, and dinner invitation
2003
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 6
Book trade correspondence
1958-2002
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 7
Research material on contemporary American literature
1954-1958
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 8
Syllabi, personal and Fulbright correspondence
1989-1990
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 9
Travel grant correspondence
1955-1962
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 10
Travel grant correspondence
1962-1976
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 11
"The French Revolution and the Condition of England" and David Lodge letter
1989
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 12
Welcoming remarks for Ian Pears at Tolouse
1990s-2012
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 13
Susan Sontag interview photocopy and manuscript
1972-1973
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 14
Susan Sontag interview notes and correspondence
1971-1973
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 15
Susan Sontag interview notes and correspondence cnt.
1971-1973
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 16
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #1
1980
Mixed Materials [X031660853] box: 4 folder: 17
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #2
1981
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 1
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #3
1981
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 2
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #4-5
1982-1983
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 3
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #6
1983
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 4
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #8 and #10
1984-1985
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 5
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #12 and #16
1986-1989
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 6
"Les Cahiers du CERLI" #17
1989
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 7
"Le mort, le fantastique, le surnaturel du XVI siecle a l'epoque romantique"
1979
Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 8
"Melodrames et romans noirs" and Blaise Pascal University correspondence
1994

Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6

William Faulkner

1952-1994

Mixed Materials [X031660854] box: 5 folder: 9
"Mr. William Faulkner and the Fate of Man," Maurice Levy thesis
1952
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 1
Exam preparation notes on William Faulkner's "Requiem for a Nun"
1981
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 2
Exam preparation notes on William Faulkner
1988
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 3
"Fondation William Faulkner," prospectus
1994

Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 Mixed Materials [X031660856] box: 7

H.P. Lovecraft

1963-1990

Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 4
Fulbright correspondence with Brown University
1986-1987
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 5
Maurice Lévy thesis on H.P. Lovecraft
1969
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 6
Conference paper on H.P. Lovecraft
1973
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 7
"H.P. Lovecraft and Surrealism"
1990
Mixed Materials [X031660855] box: 6 folder: 8
H.P. Lovecraft research notes and correspondence
1963-1987
Mixed Materials [X031660856] box: 7 folder: 1
"Lovecraft: ou, du fantastique" manuscript
1972
Mixed Materials [X031660856] box: 7 folder: 2
"Lovecraft et Providence" manuscript
1987
Mixed Materials [X031660856] box: 7 folder: 3
"Etranges etrangers" manuscript
1989
Mixed Materials [X031660856] box: 7 folder: 4
"Tell About the South" Interviews
1993
Scope and Contents
This addition to the MSS 15822 Maurice Lévy papers contains a manuscript titled "Tell About the South" by Nicole Moulinoux. This bound volume of interview transcriptions was compiled in 1993 from Moulinoux's conversations with prominent Southern writers in Charlottesville, VA, including George Garrett, whose papers (MSS 13272) are held at the Small Special Collections Library.

The volume contains transcripts from interviews with the following writers: Reynolds Price, Shelby Foote, Margaret Walker, Cleanth Brooks, Ernest Gaines, Eudora Welty, Andrew Lytle, George Garrett, and Mary Lee Settle.