Found 2 collections related to Brenan, Gerald

Gerald Brenan (Edward Fitz-Gerald Brenan, 1894-1987) was a British writer and hispanist whose notable works include The Spanish Labyrinth and South from Granada. This item, Diary and papers relating to D.C. [Dora Carrington] 1925-1926 (Brenan's title), in typescript carbon copy with his autograph manuscript revisions, is the first part of Brenan's account of the end of his love affair with Bloomsbury artist Dora Carrington (1893-1932), whom he first met in 1919. Carrington married his friend Ralph (Reginald S.) Partridge (1894-1960) in 1921; Partridge lived with her and Lytton Strachey (1880-1932) at Ham Spray House. After Carrington died by suicide in 1932, Brenan compiled selections from his diaries and correspondence about their relationship, with added reflections. The first part of the work tells of their breakup in 1925, although sporadic contact continued. The second part, not found for this copy, covers the years 1927-1932; it tells of a final estrangement, his life with Gamel Woolsey, and the deaths of Strachey and Carrington. Brenan's diary entries, written chiefly in England, date from August 1925 until his departure for France in May 1926. Topics also include his social circle and Bloomsbury friends; his encounters with other women; his health, dreams, and finances; family visits and travels; and the progress of various writing projects. A few sentences or phrases are written in Spanish. Entries are followed by "Some papers relating to D.C.," spanning 1923-1926. These comprise diary entries and letters from Brenan to others, including Carrington and her friend Helen Anrep. Most of the letters were left unsent. The typescript sheets, with text on rectos only, are numbered by hand. The sheets are loose in a cardboard wrapper inscribed by Gerald Brenan, and placed in a springboard binder less

Ecco Press was an independent small-trade publisher known for presenting distinguished new work in international poetry and fiction writing through its books and its journal Antaeus, and for reissuing neglected classics in a variety of fields, including travel and food writing. Daniel Halpern (b. 1945) started Antaeus in 1970 with the help of Paul Bowles. His search for financial backing for Antaeus led to the creation of Ecco Press in 1971 with co-founder and publisher Drue Heinz. Heinz retired in 1991, transferring ownership of Ecco Press to Halpern, its editor-in-chief. Ecco Press remained an independent firm, although affiliated with publishers Viking Press and W.W. Norton & Company for sales and distribution, until its acquisition by HarperCollins in 1999. The Ecco Press records contain correspondence, memoranda, administrative and financial records, typescripts, galleys, page proofs, bound books and periodicals, photographs, jacket art, posters, a sound recording and computer data storage that document the founding and day-to-day operations of the press. The records also reflect the personal life and career of Daniel Halpern as an editor, poet, teacher, anthologist, and prominent literary figure, as well as such literary activities as the National Poetry Series which Halpern ran out of the Ecco Press offices. Halpern's papers contain correspondence, diaries, notebooks, writings, subject files and academic, financial and real estate papers. less