Letters from Joris Karl Huysmans to Arnold Goffin

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 863
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1885-1906
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • French
  • Physical Description
    • 28 ff. in 1 envelope

Scope and Content

Largely concerning French literature

Administrative / Biographical History

Huysmans was born in Paris, of Dutch extraction. His early novels dealt in ultra-realism, but later he became a major writer in the Decadent movement

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

Purchased November 1987 from Pierre Lelant (Angers), catalogue 58, item 1

Note

In French

Other Finding Aids

None

Additional Information

The 1987 sale catalogue is shelved with the manuscript