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- c 1936-1983 (Creation)
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Mary Beare; born Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, 1897; educated at Queen's University Belfast, (BA 1924, with 1st Class Honours in French and German) and University of Bonn (PhD 1927); Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern Languages, Newnham College Cambridge, 1936-1947; Lecturer in German, University of Cambridge, 1939-1947; Head of Department and Reader in German, Westfield College London, 1947-1964; Vice-Principal of Westfield College, 1948-1951; Visiting Professor, University College, Toronto, 1959-1960
Publications: Die Theorie der Komödie von Gottsched bis Jean Paul, Bonn, Rhenania-Verlag, G.m.b.H., [1927]; The German popular play Atis, and the Venetian opera: a study of the conversion of operas into popular plays, 1675-1722, Cambridge, CUP, (1938); Hans Sachs: selections , Durham Modern Language Series, University of Durham, 1983; articles on Hans Sachs in the Modern Language Review, German Life and Letters, contributions to Chambers and Cassells Encycolopedias
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GB 0367 MBE c 1936-1983 Collection (Fonds) 17 boxes Beare , Mary , 1897-1985 , Reader in German, Westfield College
Mary Beare; born Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, 1897; educated at Queen's University Belfast, (BA 1924, with 1st Class Honours in French and German) and University of Bonn (PhD 1927); Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern Languages, Newnham College Cambridge, 1936-1947; Lecturer in German, University of Cambridge, 1939-1947; Head of Department and Reader in German, Westfield College London, 1947-1964; Vice-Principal of Westfield College, 1948-1951; Visiting Professor, University College, Toronto, 1959-1960
Publications: Die Theorie der Komödie von Gottsched bis Jean Paul, Bonn, Rhenania-Verlag, G.m.b.H., [1927]; The German popular play Atis, and the Venetian opera: a study of the conversion of operas into popular plays, 1675-1722, Cambridge, CUP, (1938); Hans Sachs: selections , Durham Modern Language Series, University of Durham, 1983; articles on Hans Sachs in the Modern Language Review, German Life and Letters, contributions to Chambers and Cassells Encycolopedias
Bequeathed to IGS, 1983
Correspondence and papers of Mary Beare, c 1936-1983, comprising:
Teaching papers, including University of Cambridge Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos examination papers [c 1936-1947]; lecture and seminar notes on Hans Sachs; Reformation drama; Grillparzer, Sebastian Brant, Gryphius and 17th century drama, Luther, drama and satire in the 16th century, propaganda in the age of the Reformation, lyric poetry;
Research notes and papers including notes for and typescript and illustrations of The German Popular Play [c 1938]; article Glimpses of Hamburg between War and Peace, 1946; notes on Hans Sachs, with texts of his plays and poems and typescript and proofs of The Later Dialogues of Hans Sachs; notes on Luther, Grisar, the Faust-Volksbucher, Lessing, Dutch 17th century poetry and Janssen;
Personal papers including copy of curriculum vitae and miscellaneous correspondence.
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Box list attached to on-line catalogue.
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997. May 2002 Beare , Mary , 1897-1985 , Reader in German, Westfield College Europe European literature German Germanic languages German literature Germany Hamburg Indo-european languages Literary forms and genres Literature National literatures Poetry Sachs , Hans , 1494-1576 , poet and playwright University of Cambridge x Cambridge University Western Europe
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Bequeathed to IGS, 1983
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Correspondence and papers of Mary Beare, c 1936-1983, comprising:
Teaching papers, including University of Cambridge Medieval and Modern Languages Tripos examination papers [c 1936-1947]; lecture and seminar notes on Hans Sachs; Reformation drama; Grillparzer, Sebastian Brant, Gryphius and 17th century drama, Luther, drama and satire in the 16th century, propaganda in the age of the Reformation, lyric poetry;
Research notes and papers including notes for and typescript and illustrations of The German Popular Play [c 1938]; article Glimpses of Hamburg between War and Peace, 1946; notes on Hans Sachs, with texts of his plays and poems and typescript and proofs of The Later Dialogues of Hans Sachs; notes on Luther, Grisar, the Faust-Volksbucher, Lessing, Dutch 17th century poetry and Janssen;
Personal papers including copy of curriculum vitae and miscellaneous correspondence.
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Open. At least 48 hours' notice is required for research visits.
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- Latin
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English and German
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
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