Elementos de identidade
Nome e localização da entidade custodiadora
Nível de descrição
Coleção
Título
Pataphysics collection
Data(s)
- 1957-1978 (Produção)
Dimensão
2.50 linear feet (3 document cases and 1 flat archival box)
Nome do produtor
História biográfica
Stanley Chapman was one of the founders and president of the London Institute of Pataphysics. Architect and well-known designer, translator, writer and theatrical critic, he was one of the creators of the National Theatre of London, a member of OULIPO, a subcommittee of the College, who devoted himself to experimental literature and was influenced by the great surrealist Raymond Queneau. Chapman translated the famous book of Queneau "Hundred thousand billion poems" to English and also translated various books of Boris Vian, also a member of the College. Stanley Chapman was a permanent collaborator in the publication of the College de Pataphysique.
Elementos de conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
An archive of letters sent by Stanley Chapman (London) to Juan Esteban Fassio (Buenos Aires-Argentina). The collection contains 254 manuscript and typewritten letters, all signed by Stanley Chapman, addressed to Juan Esteban Fassio between March 5, 1957 and May 24, 1978. Three letters mention the visit of Jorge Luis Borges to London in 1971. The papers also include 95 photographs, many with handwritten commentaries by Chapman on the reverse.
The letter archive reflects a writing relationship of over twenty years between two persons who had in common a Pataphysical vision of the world around them, to the point that Chapman employed pataphysical language in the majority of his letters.
Sistema de arranjo
Condições de acesso e uso dos elementos
Condições de acesso
The collection is open for research.
Acesso físico
Items from this collection are kept on-campus and may be requested from the first floor Kislak Center in the Otto G. Richter Library at University of Miami.
Acesso técnico
Condiçoes de reprodução
Pataphysics Collection Finding Aid© 2010 University of Miami. All rights reserved. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Head of Special Collections.
Idiomas do material
- francês
- espanhol
- inglês
Escrita do material
- latim