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George Madison Priest Papers
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A graduate of Princeton in 1894, George Madison Priest was an American literary historian, educator, and author.
The collection contains a translation by Priest (Princeton Class of 1894) of Goethe's Faust (1932) and the typescript of his Anthology of the Classical Period of German Literature (1934), as well as a revision of W. P. Andrew's translation of Faust (1929) by Priest and K. E. Weston. Also included are Priest's lectures in German literature on Klopstock, Lessing, von Scheffel, and Sudermann, a speech, and a report for the FBI regarding suspected German sympathizers in 1917. Miscellaneous additional material includes some of Priest's correspondence, an original pastel drawing of Goethe by Sebbers, a pencil sketch of Priest, and printed material.
Organized in this order: translations of Goethe's Faust, a typescript of Anthology of the Classical Period of German Literature, lectures, miscellaneous papers, correspondence, drawings, and printed material.
The collection was formed as a result of a departmental practice of combining into one collection manuscript material of various accessions relating to a particular author.
Published versions: Anthology of the Classical Period of German Literature (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1934); Faust (New York: Covici Friede, 1932), translation by Priest; Faust (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1929), translation by W. P. Andrews, revised by Priest and K. E. Weston.
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People
- Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von (1749-1832)
- Klopstock, Friedrich Gottlieb (1724-1803)
- Lessing, Gotthold Ephraim (1729-1781)
- Priest, George Madison (1873-1947)
- Scheffel, Joseph Viktor von (1826-1886)
- Sudermann, Hermann (1857-1928)
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Subject
- German literature -- 19th century -- Translations into English
- German literature -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
- German literature. -- 18th century
- German literature. -- 19th century
- Poets, German. -- 19th century
- World War, 1914-1918 -- United States -- Public opinion
- Translations
- Publisher
- Manuscripts Division
- Finding Aid Date
- 2009
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The collection is open for research.
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Collection Inventory
The collection contains a translation by Priest (Princeton Class of 1894) of Goethe's Faust (1932) and the typescript of his Anthology of the Classical Period of German Literature (1934), as well as a revision of W. P. Andrew's translation of Faust (1929) by Priest and K. E. Weston. Also included are Priest's lectures in German literature on Klopstock, Lessing, von Scheffel, and Sudermann, a speech, and a report for the FBI regarding suspected German sympathizers in 1917. Miscellaneous additional material includes some of Priest's correspondence, an original pastel drawing of Goethe by Sebbers, a pencil sketch of Priest, and printed material.
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