Jansen, Peter K. mss., 1836-2005
Summary Information
Repository
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Creator
Jansen, Peter K.
TitleJansen, Peter K. mss., 1836-2005
Collection No.
LMC 2704
Extent
ca. 350 items
Language
Materials are in English.
Abstract
The Jansen, Peter K. mss., 1836–2005,
consists primarily of manuscripts, drafts, correspondence and other material
relating to translations into English from the German made by Peter K. Jansen
(1934–2007) over the course of his career.
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Biographical Note
Peter K. Jansen, born in Essen, Germany, completed his M.A. and Ph.D at the
University of Illinois. After working both at the University of Illinois and Indiana
University, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago in 1968, where he
remained until his retirement in 1999. In addition to his scholarship, Jansen was an
accomplished literary translator, and taught the theory and practice of translation
at Chicago.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into the following series: I. Correspondence; II. Essays;
III; Translations; IV. Miscellaneous.
Scope and Content Note
The Jansen, Peter K. mss., 1836–2005, consists primarily of manuscripts, drafts,
correspondence and other material relating to translations into English from the
German made by Peter K. Jansen (1934–2007) over the course of his career. Included
with his papers are extensive correspondence relating to his family in Germany from
the mid–19th well into the twentieth century.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Acquired: 2009
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advance of their visits to ascertain availability of materials.
Photocopying permitted only with permission of the Curator of Manuscripts, Lilly
Library.
Preferred Citation
Jansen, Peter K. mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.
Processing InformationProcessed by Craig S. Simpson.
Completed in 2010.
Series:
Box 1
I. Correspondence
Arranged chronologically by correspondent.
Folder 1-3
Family correspondence: 1856–1959
(ca. 200 letters)
Folder 4
Other correspondence: 1990–1996
(2 letters and 1 postcard, Vinzinczey, Stephen; 1 letter, Wolf,
Christa)
Series:
Box 1
II. Essays
All essays by Peter Jansen, arranged alphabetically by title.
Folder 5
"Heinrich Leopold Wagner: A
Re-evaluation"
Folder 6
Henry James and Mark Twain's
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's
Court
Folder 7
"Hochmut kommt vor dem Fall: Zu
Balladen von Ludwig Uhland und Bertolt
Brecht"
Folder 8
"The Pleasures and Pain of
Translating Thomas Bernhard"
Folder 9
"You Can't Get There From Here:
The Limits of Translatability and the Triumph of Translation,
or: Confessions of a Reluctant Translator"
Series:
Box 1
III. Translations
All translations by Peter Jansen, arranged alphabetically by original
author, unless noted otherwise.
Folder 10
Andriopoulos, Stefan:
Besessene
Körper
Includes correspondence with publishers, and annotated vetting by
Kenneth Northcott of Jansen's translation sample
Folder 11-13
Benn, Gottfried:
"Essays"
;
"Poems"
;
"Prose"
Folder 14-17
Bernhard, Thomas:
Amras
Includes correspondence with publisher, and contract; first
draft; penultimate draft; second draft
Folder 18
Gauss, Karl–Markus:
Die Hundeesser von
Svinia
Folder 19
Haller, Christian:
Das schwarze
Eisen
(German text only)
Folder 20
Jansen, Sarah:
SchādlingeIncludes correspondence with
publishers
Folder 21
Klüssendorf, Angelika:
"Yvette
Intim,"
from
Alle leben
so
Folder 22
Strauss, Botho:
Seven
Doors
Folder 23
Vertlib, Vladimir:
"A Jew, how
interesting!"
Folder 24
Various authors:
Berlin im Lichte der
Nacht
(Grube, Dieter, ed.)
Folder 25
Unidentified author:
"The Duck in
the Bottle"
Series:
Box 1
IV. Miscellaneous
Folder 26
Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize material
Folder 27
Reviews of English–language theater productions
Folder 28
Vetting of Kenneth Northcott's translation of Siegfried
Unseld's
Goethe und der
Ginko
