Sharon Marcus papers (Ms.2020.004)

This collection consists of the professional papers of Sharon Marcus, Orlando Harriman Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and scholar of nineteenth-century British and French culture. The collection includes syllabi, course evaluations, and annotated readings and handwritten and typed notes used to research her books, Between Women and Apartment Stories, and her article, "Comparative Sapphism." Materials date from 1989 to 2016 and are arranged into 2 series.

Series 1, TEACHING, 2002 – 2015, contains syllabi, course evaluations, and assignment prompts. Courses include "Feminist and Queer Theory," "Literature and Politics: 1857 in England and France," "Nineteenth Century Cities and Literature," and "Victorian Bestsellers." This series is arranged alphabetically by course title.

Series 2, WRITINGS AND RELATED, 1989 – 2003, is arranged into 3 subseries.

Series 2, subseries 1, APARTMENT STORIES, circa 1989-1999, includes annotated photocopied readings and handwritten and typed notes related to research for Apartment Stories: City and Home in Nineteenth-Century Paris and London (1999). In this book, Marcus compares the representation of the apartment house in Paris and London. Topics within the collection include architecture, ghosts, cemeteries, and domestic work in England and France. Please note that Marcus has not yet donated any drafts of this book. Marcus' original folders are listed in quotations, all other folder titles were created by the processor. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by record type then by subject.

Series 2, subseries 2, BETWEEN WOMEN, circa 2001 – 2016, includes annotated photocopied readings and handwritten and typed notes related to research for Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England (2007). In this book, Marcus examines literature, memoirs, letters, domestic magazines, and political debates, to reveal how relationships between women were a crucial component of femininity. Topics within the collection include children and children's literature, fashion, and post-Victorian anthropology. Please note that Marcus has not yet donated any drafts of this book. Marcus' original folders are listed in quotations, all other folder titles were created by the processor. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by record type then by subject.

Series 2, subseries 3, COMPARATIVE SAPPHISM, circa 1997 – 2000, includes annotated photocopied readings and handwritten notes related to research for "Comparative Sapphism" (2000). In this article, Marcus considers sexuality in British and French novels. Topics within the collection include Honoré de Balzac, Alphonse Daudet, and the French novel in England. Please note that Marcus has not yet donated any drafts of this article. Marcus' original folders are listed in quotations, all other folder titles were created by the processor. This subseries is arranged alphabetically by record type then by subject.