Confessions of a literary archaeologist
By: Carlton Lake.
Publisher: New Directions
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Lake, Carlton  -- Library.; University of Texas at Austin.  -- Humanities Research Center  -- History.; Book collecting  -- France  -- History  -- 20th century.; Manuscripts  -- Collectors and collecting  -- France  -- History  -- 20th century.; French literature  -- Bibliography  -- Methodology  -- History  -- 20th century.; Arts, French  -- Bibliography  -- Methodology  -- History  -- 20th century.; French literature  -- Manuscripts  -- Collectors and collecting  -- History  -- 20th century.; Arts, French  -- Manuscripts  -- Collectors and collecting  -- History  -- 20th century.
Description: The adventurous tale of Carlton Lake's lifelong treasure hunt in building the collection of research materials on modern French literature and the arts at the Humanities Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin.