Peyre, Henri, 1901-1988
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1988
Biography
Henri Peyre (1901–1988), French-born American linguist, literary scholar, and Sterling Professor of French Emeritus at Yale University.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
John Maudgridge Snowden Allison papers
Chimera papers
The Chimera Papers consist of manuscripts, correspondence, and business papers relating to the publishing history of Chimera: A Literary Journal (1942-1947), with manuscripts of writings by Barbara Howes, editor of Chimera from 1943 to 1947.
Jacques Guicharnaud papers
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Peyre, Henri, 1975 February 07
New Haven, CT
Henri Peyre collection
The Henri M. Peyre Collection consists of a single volume presented to Professor Peyre on the occasion of his eightieth birthday. The volume contains photostatic copies of almost 350 letters from former Yale students, written in 1980 and 1981, with a foreword by Georges May.
Henri Peyre letters
Consists of letters to Peyre chiefly from French authors, plus one letter from Peyre to Donald Wing enclosing a typescript of Paul Claudel's "Partage de midi," which Peyre had made from the play at the Bibliotheque Nationale.
World literature lectures, Yale University
The records consist of audio recordings of lectures by Yale professors on literary classics.