Call Number:

C0132

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Paul Elmer More Correspondence, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1916-1936 (inclusive)

Creator:

More, Paul Elmer, 1864-1937

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence between Paul Elmer More and the Princeton University Press, which published several of his books during the period from 1916 to 1936.

Paul Elmer More, American essayist and critic, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 12, 1864. More taught Sanskrit at Harvard (1894-1895) and Bryn Mawr (1895-1897). He was literary editor for The Independent for three years and associated with the New York Evening Post for six years. During 1919 he lectured on Plato at Princeton University. More was associated with Irving Babbitt (founder and champion of humanism) of the modern humanistic movement. He authored many critical essays which were published in more than eleven volumes.

The collection consists of correspondence between More and the Princeton University Press, which published several of his books during the period from 1916 to 1936. Among the books discussed are Platonism (1917), Religion of Plato (1921), and The Christ of the New Testament (1924).

The collection is arranged chronologically.