Adolf Gaspary

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Adolf Robert Gaspary (born May 23, 1849 in Berlin ; † March 17, 1892 there ) was a German Romance philologist . His main work is the "History of Italian Literature", but it remained unfinished.

Career

Gaspary studied philosophy, art history and Romance philology in Berlin, Munich and Freiburg im Breisgau. He did his doctorate under Friedrich Harms , the title of his dissertation was "Hobbes and Spinoza". Between 1873 and 1875 he traveled to the Romansh countries, France, Spain, Portugal and Italy, and stayed in Naples for a long time, where the literary historian Francesco De Sanctis made a lasting impression on him. After his return in 1875 he concentrated entirely on studying Romance languages ​​and was a student of Adolf Tobler . In 1878 he became a lecturer for Italian in Berlin and completed his habilitation in the same year with a thesis on the “Sicilian Poet School of the 13th Century”, which was also translated into Italian (1882).

In 1880 Gaspary was appointed to Breslau as an associate professor for Romance philology, and in 1883 he was appointed professor. In 1891 he was called to Göttingen, which he accepted, but could no longer take on due to illness.

His main work, the "History of Italian Literature", he was only able to work out in terms of content until the middle of the 16th century. Nevertheless, it was also widely recognized in Italy. Gaspary received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bologna and was a member of the Neapolitan Academy of Sciences.

Fonts

  • History of Italian Literature. 2 volumes. Berlin: Oppenheim 1885-1888. (An Italian translation appeared in 1887-1891, an English translation in 1901)

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SURNAME Gaspary, Adolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gaspary, Adolf Robert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Romanist
DATE OF BIRTH May 23, 1849
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH March 17, 1892
Place of death Berlin