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[Identification of item], in the Denis Florence MacCarthy Papers #11011, Rare Book Literary and Historical Papers, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Purchased from Horace G. Commin of Bournemouth, England, in 1964.

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• Calderon de la Barca, Pedro, 1600-1681.
• Diaries (Blank-books)
• Irish poetry--19th century.
• MacCarthy, Denis Florence, 1817-1882.
• Paris (France)--Description and travel.
• Poets, Irish--19th century.
• Poets, Irish--Diaries.
• Translators.

Denis Florence MacCarthy, Irish poet and translator of Pedro Calderon de la Barca (1600-1681), lived most of his life in Dublin, where he was born and educated. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, the "Mystics," and several political associations. His career started in the 1840's with his contributions to "The Nation" and the publication of "The Poets and Dramatists of Ireland" (1846), which he edited. In 1853, he began his translations of Calderon.

About 150 letters to MacCarthy, handwritten and published versions of poems and other writings by MacCarthy, a diary MacCarthy kept on a trip to Paris in 1878, and other items. Most of the letters are from fellow scholars, and publishers in Dublin and other parts of Ireland, London, and continental Europe. There are several letters from the United States and also from Bombay, India. The correspondence concerns MacCarthy's works and shows the high esteem his correspondents accorded him. There is no family correspondence in this collection, although letters contain references to MacCarthy's wife and family.