Call Number:

C1618

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

7 boxes

Language:

English and German

Date:

1906-2018 (inclusive) and 1960-2001 (bulk)

Creator:

Ziolkowski, Theodore

Form:

Correspondence and Printed materials.

Abstract:

Consists of correspondence and printed materials collected by German studies and comparative literature scholar Theodore Ziolkowski (1932- ). The majority of the collection comprises Ziolkowski's files on Hermann Hesse, particularly pertaining to the reception of Hesse's work in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. Other materials relate more broadly to 20th and early 21st century literature, with a focus on modern German authors and authors writing in German.

Theodore Ziolkowski (1932-2020) was a scholar of German studies and comparative literature and the Class of 1900 Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at Princeton University. He held degrees from Duke University and Yale University, where he received his PhD in 1957. Ziolkowski taught courses in the departments of Modern Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at Princeton University from 1964 to 2001, and was Dean of the Graduate School from 1979 to 1992. He was also president of the Modern Language Association (1985). Throughout his career, Ziolkowski published several books on Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), beginning with The Novels of Hermann Hesse: A Study in Theme and Structure (1965), as well as dozens of other books on German and comparative literature.

Consists of a collection of correspondence and printed materials assembled by German studies and comparative literature scholar Theodore Ziolkowski. The majority of the collection comprises Ziolkowski's files on German-born writer Hermann Hesse (1877-1962). These files include a few letters and photographs from Hermann Hesse and his family members, a more substantial group of correspondence and documents pertaining to Ziolkowski's own scholarship on Hesse, and a large collection of printed materials, both popular and scholarly in nature, documenting the reception of Hesse's work in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s. These materials include reprints of scholarly articles in both English and German language journals, books, calendars, brochures and posters for events, magazines, comics, clippings, screenplays, ephemera, and more. They provide documentation of Hesse's influence on the work of American writers and academics and on counterculture in the United States in the mid-20th century. Other author correspondence and materials relate more broadly to 20th and early 21st century literature and include correspondence with a number of contemporary German authors and other authors writing in German.

Arranged by author or subject.