Lord Dunsany Letters to Mrs. Wieland
Collection
Identifier: MSE/IR 1002
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of ten letters sent from Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany to a Mrs. Wieland, largely concerning advice and critiques of her poetry. Additionally discusses Dunsany’s opinions on the publishing world.
Dates
- 1926 - 1951
- Majority of material found within 1928 - 1933
Creator
- Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Biographical / Historical
Playwright, poet, and fantasy novelist Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett (1878-1957), 18th Baron of Dunsany was born in London to conservative MP John William Plunkett (1853 - 1899), later 17th Baron of Dunsany, and his wife Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor (1855-1916) in 1878. Dunsany initially entertained notions of serving as a conservative MP, standing for West Wiltshire in 1906, but soon abandoned politics in favor of literature, publishing his first short story collection, The Gods of Pegāna, in 1905. Dunsany remained staunchly unionist throughout his life, using his writings to critique De Valera and other Irish nationalists.
For a brief period following the death of J.M. Synge (1871 - 1909), W.B. Yeats (1865 - 1939) took on Dunsany as his protégé, encouraging his playwriting in particular, though the two would later have an acrimonious falling out. Dunsany later acquired his own protégés, such as Francis Ledwidge (1887 - 1917). While Dunsany’s many novels focused on evoking the landscape of the Irish countryside in Meath, eventually he left Dunsany itself to his son, retiring to Kent in 1946. Following his death from appendicitis in Dublin in 1957, Dunsany was buried in Kent.
For a brief period following the death of J.M. Synge (1871 - 1909), W.B. Yeats (1865 - 1939) took on Dunsany as his protégé, encouraging his playwriting in particular, though the two would later have an acrimonious falling out. Dunsany later acquired his own protégés, such as Francis Ledwidge (1887 - 1917). While Dunsany’s many novels focused on evoking the landscape of the Irish countryside in Meath, eventually he left Dunsany itself to his son, retiring to Kent in 1946. Following his death from appendicitis in Dublin in 1957, Dunsany was buried in Kent.
Extent
0.5 Cubic Feet (Legal Document Box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically
- Authors, Irish Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, Irish -- 20th Century -- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Authors, Irish -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Creative writing -- Study and teaching -- Ireland Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- English Poetry -- Women Authors -- History and Criticism Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- English literature -- Irish authors Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters (correspondence) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Poetry -- History and Criticism Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Poetry -- Publishing Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
- Publishers and publishing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Writing Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Creator
- Dunsany, Lord, 1878-1957 (Person)
- Author
- Lauren Jean
- Date
- 15 August 2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository