Marilyn French papers, 1957-2009, bulk 1978-2008

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Series II: Writings, 1957-2009

The writings series includes manuscripts, notes, drafts, and research files French drafted or compiled in the course of writing her novels, articles, and non-fiction monographs. The series includes materials related to her earliest academic writings, as well as her major works of fiction and non-fiction.


Subseries II.1: Books, 1964-2009

The books subseries is notable for its inclusion of plot summaries and research files related to an unwritten novel, Sarah Murtagh. It also includes preliminary drafts and notes forDepression Babyan unpublished memoir.



Box 18 The Carving of the Stone (early unpublished novel)


Box 18 The Commanding Center of Ulysses, 1964 (Master's Thesis), 1964


Box 18 The Book as World, 1972 (Dissertation), 1972


Edith Wharton Material


Box 18 Introductions, 1995, (3 folders)


Box 18 Notes, (2 folders)


Box 18 Wharton Papers


Box 18 Wharton Criticism


Box 18 Virago Press Correspondence, 1984-1986


Shakespeare's Division of Experience


Box 18 Correspondence, 1979-1982


Box 18 General Notes


Box 18 Notes: Comedies


Box 18 Notes: Histories


Box 18 Structure


Box 18 Corrections


Arrangement in Black and White


Box 18 Outlines and Notes


Box 18 Scene


Box 18 Research, (2 folders)


The War Against Women


Box 18 Research


Box 18 Biographies


Box 18 Holland



Box 19 Beyond Power: Women, Men, and Morals


Box 19 Notes and Research, (12 folders)


Box 19 Index


Box 19 Bibliography


Box 19 Clippings, (2 folders)


Manuscript


Box 19 Introduction


Box 19 Chapter I: Matrocentry


Box 19 Chapter II: Patriarchy



Box 20 Chapter III: Women Under Patriarchy


Box 20 Chapter IV: Men Under Patriarchy


Box 20 Chapter V: Present Perspective


Box 20 Chapter VI: Feminism


Box 20 Chapter VII: Reevaluations


Box 20 Chapter VIII: Long View Forward


War Against Women


Box 20 Research, (7 folders)


Box 20 Our Father , (3 folders)


Box 20 My Summer with George


A Season in Hell


Box 20 Diary, 1992


Box 20 Notes and Manuscript Pages


Box 20 Proposal, undated



Box 21 From Eve to Dawn


Box 21 Synopsis, (2 folders)


Box 21 Copyeditor's Corrections, (8 folders)


Box 21 Review, 2009


Box 21 In the Name of Friendship , (2 folders)


Box 21 Depression Baby: A Memoir , (2 folders)

(unpublished memoir)


Sarah Murtagh--unfinished novel


Box 21 Notes and Research Files, (8 folders)


Box 21 First Draft


Subseries II.2: Essays and Articles, 1957-2005

The Essays and Articles Subseries includes manuscripts and related material for essays and articles that French submitted to magazines and academic journals. They chronicle both her academic interests (in James Joyce, Edith Wharton, and feminist literary criticism) as well as her political activism and her work as a feminist cultural critic.



Box 22 Course Notes and Scholarly Writing, 1957-1966


Box 22 Essay Notes, 1972 1974, 1972, 1974, (2 folders)


Box 22 Christine de Pisan Notes


Box 22 "Why The Women's Room Should Not Have Been Written,", 1977


Box 22 Reflections on The Women's Room Wall, 1979


Box 22 Journal Articles--General, 1979-1983


Box 22 Women and Friendship, 1979


Box 22 "ERA: Why Bother", 1981


Box 22 James Joyce Criticism and Essays, 1982-1998, (2 folders)


Box 22 Friedan Article in Esquire, 1983


Box 22 India Article, 1985, (4 folders)


Box 22 Lily Tomlin Profile, 1985, (2 folders)


Box 22 "Shakespeare in America"--Vogue, 1985


Box 22 George Sand Notes, 1986


Box 22 Michigan Quarterly Review , 1987


Box 22 Newsday, 1987


Box 22 College Literature--"Muzzled Women", 1987


Box 22 Gentleman's Quarterly--"The New Adam,", 1988


Box 22 Mamonova , 1989


Box 22 Hypatia , 1989


Box 22 Hedda Nussbaum, 1989


Box 22 Spenser Encyclopedia, 1989, (3 folders)


Box 22 Women's Shakespeare, 1990


Box 22 New York Times


Box 22 Censorship, 1991



Box 23 Letter to Editor--New York Times, 1990


Box 23 Cleopatra--Women's Review of Books, 1990


Box 23 International Writing, 1990


Box 23 Macbeth, 1991


Box 23 "A Choice we Never Chose"--Women's Review of Books, 1991


Box 23 Sphinx, 1991


Box 23 "Power and Sex", 1992


Box 23 "Will Secularism Survive"--Free Inquiry, 1992


Box 23 "Family as Site"--The Telegraph, 1992


Box 23 Sunday Mail , 1992


Box 23 Writers' Workshop--Ireland, 1992


Box 23 "Masculine Mystique"--Literary Review, 1992


Box 23 Introduction to The Women's Room, 1993


Box 23 Articles--United Kingdom, 1994


Box 23 Denmark, 1994


Box 23 Op-Ed, 1994


Box 23 Readers' Guide to Women's Studies, 1996


Box 23 History Encyclopedia, 1996


Box 23 New Choices , 1996


Box 23 Chanteh , 1997


Box 23 Guardian , 1997


Box 23 Catholics for Free Choice , 1997


Box 23 Joyce, 1997


Box 23 Forever Sisters, 1998


Box 23 Sand Intro, 1998


Box 23 Ladies Home Journal , 1999


Box 23 Rosie Scott Intro, 1999


Box 23 The Feminist Press, 1999


Box 23 Global City Review , 1999


Box 23 Guardian , 1999


Box 23 Margaret Atwood, 2000


Box 23 Free Inquiry , 2000


Box 23 Islam Article, 2001


Box 23 Introduction or Donna Ferber's A Woman's Journey Through Divorce, 2004


Box 23 Conscience , 2004


Box 23 Feminist Press Art Forms, 2005


Box 23 Readers' Report, 2005


Box 23 General Articles


Box 23 Unpublished Articles



Box 24 Published Articles



Box 23

Subseries II.3: Short Stories, Poems, and Reviews, undated and 1994, undated, 1994

This subseries is comprised of manuscripts and drafts of French's short stories and poems, several unpublished, and notes and ideas for unrealized literary works. This subseries also includes French's reviews of others' works.


Box 23 Short Story Manuscripts, (4 folders)



Box 25 "Diary of a Slave"


Box 25 Exquisite Corpse story for Atlantic Center for the Arts, 1994


Box 25 "Walking Around"


Box 25 Poems

(includes two unpublished poems--"Fall" and "Hot Spell")


Box 25 Ideas/Beginnings

(includes drafts, story ideas, inspirations, dreams, and other notes)


Box 25 Reviews by French, (9 folders)


Subseries II.4: Talks and Lectures, 1978-2002

The Talks and Lectures subseries is comprised of texts of and notes for speeches and lectures French delivered at various events and conferences. Many files also include supporting correspondence, travel information, and other material related to planning and coordinating these lectures.


Box 25 Talks, 1978-1983, (2 folders)


Box 25 Beyond Power, 1985-1986


Box 25 Harvard 350th Reunion, 1986


Box 25 1986


Box 25 Self-Respect, 1986


Box 25 University of Pennsylvania, 1986


Box 25 Edith Wharton Conference, 1987


Box 25 Jerusalem, 1987


Box 25 Berkshire Conference, 1987


Box 25 Joyce Symposium, 1988, (4 folders)


Box 25 Olin Conference, 1988


Box 25 "Is There a Feminist Aesthetics?", 1988


Box 25 Beyond Power-Hofstra, 1988


Box 25 Beyond Power--Vancouver, 1989


Box 25 National Writers Union, 1989


Box 25 PEN Reproduction Conference, 1990


Box 25 Talks, 1991


Box 25 Joyce, 1991


Box 25 Rollins Speech, 1991


Box 25 PEN Taboo Talk, 1992


Box 25 Indiana State University/Shakespeare, 1992


Box 25 James Joyce Symposium-Dublin, 1992


Box 25 Smithsonian Museum-War, 1992


Box 25 Sarah Lawrence, 1992


Box 25 Stratford Festival, 1993


Box 25 YWCA Talk-The War Against Women, 1993


Box 25 Ms. Panel on Pornography, 1993

(includes transcript of the panel)


Box 25 Our Father, 1994


Box 25 Edith Wharton Conference, 1995


Box 25 Goucher College, 1995


Box 25 Oxford Talk, 1996


Box 25 Simone de Beauvoir Talk, 1997, (2 folders)


Box 25 Women's Campaign Fund, 1997


Box 25 Amsterdam, 1997


Box 25 United Nations Event, 1998


Box 25 92nd Street Y, 1998


Box 25 New Century Fund, Grace Paley Introduction, 1998


Box 25 Florence Howe Talk, 2002