Series 02: Robert Dessaix papers, 1996-2008, relating to Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev (2004) and Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives (2008).

MLMSS 7925/Boxes 6-10

series

1996-2008

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings

877391

0.80 metres of textual material and 2 CD-ROMs of textual material and graphic material (5 boxes)

BOXES 6-7
Papers relating to Twilight of Love: Travels with Turgenev (2004):

BOX 6
‘Letter About Turgenev’, 2004-2007, being folder of letters received from readers, including Richard Flanagan, Helen Garner, Drusilla Modjeska and Bill Garner

‘Turg. USA’, 2004-2006, being yellow folder of correspondence with the publisher Shoemaker & Hoard and American reviews

‘French Turgenev’, 2003-2005, being yellow folder, including email from Bruno Batreau; letter received from Claude Bonichon; and copies of French reviews

‘Turgenev Press’, 2004-2007, being yellow folder of publicity for and reviews of the book; draft of talk or presentation on the novel; and letters received from readers

‘Baden-Baden’, 2002-2004, being green folder research material and email correspondence

‘Coutavenel’, being 2002-2004, being folder of notes and research material

‘Coutavenel France’, 2003, being folder of notes, research material and email from Natalie Staples

‘Bougival’, being folder of notes

‘Bouvigal’, 2003, being folder of notes, research material and email from Natalie Staples

‘Rue De Douai’, being folder of notes

‘Rue De Douai’, being pink folder of notes and research material, and email from Natalie Staples, 20 Nov. 2003

‘Synopsis’, 2002, being folder of synopsis and email from Nikki Chester (Pan Macmillan Australia)

‘Other Sources’, 1996-2003, being blue folder of notes and research material

‘Turg. Corrections’, being blue folder of notes

‘Intro’, 2003, being folder of notes

‘Notes’, being folder, formerly in filing cabinet file, of notes from publications by and about Turgenev

‘Russia’, being orange folder of notes and research material

‘Russia’, being folder of notes and research material

‘The New Russia’, being folder of notes and research material

Folder of notes and maps regarding Turgenev’s travels in France and Germany, and extracts from The Department Store in Paris, 1855 to 1914: An Architectural History / Robert Proctor (PhD thesis, Cambridge University, 2002)


BOX 7
Early drafts, 2003

Letter received from Judith Lukin-Amundsen, Editor, 11 Mar. 2004, with enclosed photocopy of copy-edited manuscript

Letter received from Mary Verney (Editorial Assistant, Pan Macmillan Australia), 22 Mar. 2006, with enclosed edited manuscript, returned after publication of the book

BOXES 8-10
Papers relating to Arabesques: A Tale of Double Lives (2008):

BOX 8
‘Chapter 1 / Algiers’, including notes, newscutting reviews; photocopies; and email with Veronica Fuentes Suarez (Publisher, Grupo Editorial Madrid Cibeles), 2006; Hall Greenland; 2005; and Caroline Baum, 2005

Email, 2007-2008, with Bruno Batreau, Lyn Tranter, Rod Morrison

‘2. Blidah’, being mainly notes, photocopies and computer printouts

‘3-4-5 Tornac – Anduze – Morocco’, including notes, newscuttings, travel information and maps, and computer printouts; ‘Letter to Young Friend on God and the Question of Good Lunch’ by Amanda Lohrey, The Monthly, June 2007; and colour photoprints of places and scenes in Portugal, Sept. 2002

Folder of notes, newscuttings and printouts on Andre Gide, and email with Pierre Lachasse, 2006

‘7. Sousse’, 2005-2007, including notes, newscuttings, photocopies and printouts

‘8. Biskra’, including notes, photocopies and printouts

‘9. So Be It’, including notes and printouts on Gide on ageing

‘Religion’, 1993-2006, being folder of research material, formerly in filing cabinet file, on Protestantism, Islam and Catholicism, including notes, newscuttings, printouts, and letter received from John ? from Langlade, France, 18 Jan. 2006

Folder of research material, formerly in filing cabinet file, being articles and book reviews from The Times Literary Supplement, 1996, 2005, and printout of online interview with Swedish writer Sven Lindqvist, 2001

Folder of email, notes and printouts on Gide project, formerly in filing cabinet file

‘Homosexuality’, being folder of research material, formerly in filing cabinet file, including notes, book reviews, mainly from The Times Literary Supplement, and issue of The Australian 40 Years: Sexual Revolution Part 2 (2004)

‘France’, 2002-2006, being folder research material, formerly in filing cabinet file, including newscuttings and book reviews from The Times Literary Supplement, and travel guide to and map of Montpellier

‘North Africa’, 2005, being folder notes, newscuttings and articles from The Times Literary Supplement, formerly in filing cabinet file

Spiral notebook, 2004-2007, with newscutting enclosures, arranged by topics: words, ideas, religion, travel: deserts, family and culture

‘Letters & Gide’, 2006-2009, being folder of letters received from readers

‘Reviews’, 2008-2009, being folder of mainly magazine and newspaper reviews of Arabesques

BOX 9
Computer printout drafts, being June 2007 version with letter received from Lyn Tranter, 18 June 2007; July 2007 version; Mar. 2008 version

Incomplete drafts

Correspondence and email with Karen Penning (Editor, Pan Macmillan), 2007, and Belinda Lee, 2008

Notes and revisions

BOX 10
2 CD-ROMs of correspondence, drafts, notes and book cover designs

Access via appointment - Applies to MLMSS 7925/Box 10