Notebook 4, 1956-09-21 - 1956-11-22

Item — Box: 6

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Scope and Contents

160 pages holograph. Notes for Coronacion. Preliminary notes for La Pension Soto (a play). Notes and a draft of "Ana Maria." Notes on plot and characters for El Hercules (a play). Ideas and notes for magazine and/or newspaper articles, including the following titles:"El Budi," "Marseille-Buenos Aires en Tercera Clase," "Notas de un Viaje por Mejico," "Chapela: el Rayo," "La Casa de Jesus Reyes," "Gabriela Mistral en Mejico," "R.P. Blackman y el 'new criticism,'" "Atmosfera de 'Las Palmas' de la Gran Canaria," "Los 'foyer' en Paris," "El Bar Fun-Fun en Montevideo," "El Mundo Esquizofrenico de 'Los Mandarines,'" "Algo sobre la Prosodia Espanola Contemporanea," "Frankfurt am Main Bombardeado," "El Espectrco de D. H. Lawrence." Notes and draft for "Hedda Gabler del Teatro Experimental," dated 15 October 1956.

Dates

Creation: 1956-09-21 - 1956-11-22

Creator

From the Collection: Donoso, Jose (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

160 numbered leaves; September, 21 1956 (La Rinconada de San Fernando) November 22, 1956 (Santiago).

Index Card: Largas temporadas en La Rinconada, con Hernan, Lolito y Fernando Vargas-Bello. Le estoy sacando el cuerpo a terminar CORONACION y juego con otras ideas; ANA MARIA.

Content: Drafts for possible newspaper articles. Ideas for a play and prospective short stories. Continues work in Coronación. Works In Progress: Draft articles1-13, 15-127: El Budi: 1; Marsella-Buenos Aires en tercera clase: 2; Notas de un viaje por México: 3; Chapala: 4; La casa de Jesús Reyes: 5; Gabriela Mistral en México: 5-6; 34-43; 45-46; R. P. Blackman y el “New Criticism”: 6, 29-30; Atmósfera de “Las Palmas” de la Gran Canaria: 7; Los Foyer en París: 8 El Bar Fun Fun en Montevideo: 9; El mundo esquizofrénico de “los Mandarines”: 10-13; Algo sobre la prosodia española contemporánea: 15-24; Francfort a/m Main Bombardeado: 24; Buenos Aires. Margarita Aguirre con sombrero: 25; Los Vagabundos: 25-26; “Hedda Gabler” del teatro experimental: 71-74; El Espectro de D. H. Lawrence: 124-127. El Hércules” (ideas for a play):47-70; 75-78 (Characters: Rojas Jiménez, madre, Blanquita, Javier Echevarría Vial, Keke Sanhueza, Lola Falcón, boxeador, Juan Pérez, pintor, Alesssandri, J. Edwards, Alberto Arce Rodríguez, Luz Ibarra, Felipe, El Negro elegante, Pedro, Lola, Gertrudis, Ricardo Reyes, Yoyo, Esteban, Belisario, Néstor, Felisa, Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira, Aniceto Díaz, Pipo); Ideas for a text based on the Chilean upper class (The Hercules bar is involved in this new text): 79-94 (Characters: Tío Eliodoro, Tía Rosalia, abuela Herminia, Manuel Yañez, Tía Flora, Blanca Echeverría, Carlos Yañez, Tía Mina, Tío César, Luz Yañez, Victor Yañez, Tío Enrique, Ricardo Yañez, Carmen Yañez, Lila Yañez, Manuel III, Fernando, Luis, Lucía, Inés Figueroa, Ambrosio, Gloria Yañez); “La Pensión Soto”(play):95-121 (Characters: Magdalena Soto, Marta Soto Gómez, Don Alejandro de Urrutia, Feliciano Ortega, cura, estudiantes, empleada, Sra. de Moraya, Fidelia, Víctor, Carlos María); Coronación 122-124; 148-153; 155-160 (Characters: Estela, Andrés, Tenchita, Mario, René, Dora, hijos de Dora); Ana María: 128-144; 154 (Characters: Ana María, madre, padre, empleadas, hombre Viejo y pobre, señora del hombre viejo y pobre) Secondary Projects: Ideas for a future story: 144-148

Work Plans: List of possible articles in order: 14-15; El Hércules”: 57-66; Ideas for a text based on the Chilean upper class: 82-7, 90

Miscellaneous: Topics for a future novel: 26-28; Plans sale of his work and future travel plans: 31-33; A Childhood memory: 94; List of titles of short stories with their possible number of pages. Drawing of their possible front cover and title.

References: Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) 1, 90; Diego de Rosales (1601-1677) 2; Franz Kafka (1883-1924) 4 ; Diaries (by Franz Kafka) 4; Jesús “Chucho” Reyes (1882-1977) 5, 24; Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) 5; A Streetcar Named Desire (play by Tennessee Williams, 1948) 5; Luis Barragán Morfin (1902-1988) 5; Gabriela Mistral (1889-1957) 5, 34-46; Guillén, Palma (1893-1975) 6; Doris Dana (1920-2006) 6; Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) 6; Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) 6; Allen Tate (1899-1979) 6; Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) 6; Moby-Dick (novel by Herman Melville, 1851) 7; Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929) 8; Carmen Silva (1929) 8, 31; Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) 8, 12-13, 24, 26; Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) 8, 13; La Belle et la Bête (short story by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, 1740) 9; Hamlet (play by William Shakespeare, 1601) 12; Albert Camus (1913-1960) 13; Ramón Pérez de Ayala (1881-1962) 15, 20, 23; José Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955) 15-7, 19; Pío Baroja (1872-1956)15, 18-20; Henri-Louis Bergson (1859-1941) 18; Margarita Aguirre (1920-2003) 25, 32; Marcel Proust (1871-1922) 18; Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881) 18; Hernán Díaz Arrieta (1891-1984) 19-20; Max Müller (1823-1900) 20; La Montaña Mágica (novel by Thomas Mann, 1924) 21; Belarmino y Apolonio(novel by Ramón Pérez de Ayala, 1921) 21-23; Françoise Sagan (1935-2004) 24; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 -1832) 24; Juan Domingo Perón (1895-1974) 25; W. H. Davies (1871-1940)25; George Orwell (1903-1950) 25; Jack London (1876-1916) 25; Nemesio Antúnez (1918-1993) 26; Diego Portales (June 1793-1837) 33; Alberto Rojas Jiménez (1900-1934) 52, 75-76; Hedda Gabler (play by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, 1890) 71, 73; Fuente Ovejuna (play by Lope de Vega, 1619) 71, 73; Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) 74; Eliodoro Yáñez (Santiago, 1860-1933) 80, 92-94; José Manuel Balmaceda (1838-1891) 87-88, 93; Vicente Huidobro (1893-1948) 92; D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) 124, 126; Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) 124; William Faulkner (1897-1962) 124; Philippe de Champaigne (1602-1674) 125.