Stephen Fredman Papers on the Play San Diego de Alcalá, 1975 - 1976

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Summary

Creators:
Fredman, Stephen, 1948-
Abstract:
This small collection contains handwritten and typed manuscripts from Stephen Fredman's translation and adaptation of the play San Diego de Alcalá, by the prolific Spanish baroque playwright and poet Lope de Vega (1562-1635). The little-known play's American premiere, about the patron saint of Mission San Diego, was part of UC San Diego's contribution to the bicentennial activities of Fronteras 1976 (a trans-border study group), in addition to a symposium (October - 1976) on the Spanish colonization of California. It includes a small amount of correspondence regarding the project.
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Language:
Preferred citation:

Stephen Fredman Papers on the Play San Diego de Alcalá. MSS 365. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection contains scholar Stephen Fredman's handwritten and typed translation notebooks and manuscripts of a play, San Diego de Alcalá, by the Spanish baroque playwright and poet, Lope de Vega (1562-1635). The play, under the direction of Peter Klein (UC San Diego Dramatic Arts), was performed twice at UC San Diego, as well as at various missions, and in Los Angeles.

The collection is arranged in two series: 1) MANUSCRIPTS, and 2) CORRESPONDENCE.

Biographical / historical:

Stephen Albert Fredman (1948- ) is a poet, author, teacher and scholar of twentieth-century American poetry and poetics. He is professor and chairman (2003-) of Notre Dame University's College of Arts and Letters' English Department. The son of lawyer and civic activist, Milton "Mickey" Fredman, and artist, Faiya Rose Fredman, Fredman grew up in San Diego and was educated in California.

At the time of the translation project (1975-1976), Fredman had a BFA from the California Institute of the Arts (Valencia), and was finishing up his masters degree at California State University, Sonoma (1976). He was later awarded his PhD from Stanford University (1980) for a thesis on American prose poetry. His research and teaching interests have included the use of performance in postmodern arts, the West Coast aesthetic, and the impact of collage on twentieth-century arts. He has been awarded NEH, ACLS, and Lily fellowships.

Fredman is the author of numerous essays and books including: SEMINA CULTURE: WALLACE BERMAN & HIS CIRCLE, with Michael Duncan and Kristine McKenna, (2005); A CONCISE COMPANION TO TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN POETRY, editor, (2005); A MENORAH FOR ATHENA: CHARLES REZNIKOFF AND THE JEWISH DILEMMAS OF OBJECTIVIST POETRY (2001); THE GROUNDING OF AMERICAN POETRY: CHARLES OLSON AND THE EMERSONIAN TRADITION (1993), and POET'S PROSE: THE CRISIS IN AMERICAN VERSE (1983, 1990).

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Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.

Preferred citation:

Stephen Fredman Papers on the Play San Diego de Alcalá. MSS 365. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

Location of this collection:
9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0175
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175, US
Contact:
(858) 534-2533
spcoll@ucsd.edu
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