BIB_ID
186821
Accession number
MA 14558
Creator
Louÿs, Pierre, 1870-1925, sender.
Display Date
Place not identified, between 1887 and 1925.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 16.9 x 12.6 cm (sextodecimo)
Notes
Written on mourning paper.
Earliest date inferred from year of Frantz Jourdain's admission to the Société des gens de lettres; Jourdain's identity inferred from reference to the Société.
Written in Louÿs' hand.
Letter addressed to "Cher ami".
Earliest date inferred from year of Frantz Jourdain's admission to the Société des gens de lettres; Jourdain's identity inferred from reference to the Société.
Written in Louÿs' hand.
Letter addressed to "Cher ami".
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Explaining his view that the most complex, delicate and difficult art after music is writing prose; recommending the term "prosateur" to refer to prose writers; wondering if the general public would understand the word "prosateur"; lamenting the large number of mediocre writers in the world, especially in the Société des gens de lettres; citing "Jourdain" as an example of such a writer.
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