{"id":7767,"date":"2016-11-22T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=7767"},"modified":"2016-11-21T13:54:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-21T18:54:06","slug":"more-blanchot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2016\/11\/22\/more-blanchot\/","title":{"rendered":"More Blanchot!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the archive of French philosopher and author Maurice Blanchot arrived at Houghton Library in 2015<\/a>, exploration of the papers by Harvard students and by scholars from around the world has been intense. When a number of important Blanchot manuscripts appeared on the market in April this year, there definitely was interest in adding them to the Harvard collection. These new manuscripts came from a source other than Cedalia Blanchot, from whom the Library had purchased the archive, but could we afford them all? The answer was \u201cno,\u201d\u2014but by combining funds from across Harvard Library, and a substantial gift from a donor who had supported earlier Blanchot acquisitions, one group was secured.<\/p>\n

\"thomas-ms\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MS Fr 662, box 22 \u00a9 Maurice Blanchot<\/sup><\/p>\n

Thomas le Solitaire<\/em> is a very early version of became Thomas l\u2019Obscur, <\/em>and differs significantly from that published in 1941. \u00a0Thomas wa<\/em>s Blanchot\u2019s first published work and his first fictional work. First books always have a particular interest, in showing how the novice works to structure and shape his work; as can be seen from the photographs, there is a lot to work with here. Along with the manuscript, the Library acquired this later, typescript, version.<\/p>\n

\"thomas-ts-ending\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MS Fr 662, box 22 \u00a9 Maurice Blanchot<\/sup><\/p>\n

This purchase was funded by the Bayard Livingston and Kate Gray Kilgour Fund, the Amy Lowell Trust, the Keller fund in the Western Languages Division of Widener Library, and the Class of 1952 Manuscript Fund.<\/p>\n

But that\u2019s not all!<\/p>\n

\"blanchot-1927\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\"blanchot-identity-card-1970\"<\/a><\/p>\n

MS Fr 622, box 21<\/sup><\/p>\n

Cidalia Blanchot has forwarded, for inclusion in the archive, a number of letters to Blanchot and other items that emerged after the archive had been shipped to Cambridge. This includes three new photographs of Blanchot, on various official documents. Blanchot was reclusive in his later years, and very few photographs of him are known. Two are reproduced here, showing the 20-year-old student (1927), and the now-famous philosopher (1970).<\/p>\n

These new additions are open for research and may be accessed in the Houghton reading room.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Leslie Morris, Curator of Modern Books & Manuscripts, for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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