Alfred Adler (Romanist)

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Alfred Adler (born February 12, 1907 in Vienna , † January 24, 1986 in Brooklyn ) was an Austrian Romance scholar and literary scholar who worked mainly in the United States .

life and work

Adler studied Romance Studies, German Studies, English Studies and Classical Philology in Vienna and received his doctorate in 1929 from Karl von Ettmayer with his thesis on the teaching of the old French Asyndeton in the que sentence . Then he was a high school teacher. In 1940 he emigrated to the United States and was appointed to the General Education Board . He first taught at colleges in Michigan and Wisconsin . 1951–1952 he enjoyed a Guggenheim scholarship . From 1952 he taught in New York City at Brooklyn College , first as an associate professor, from 1956 until his retirement in 1973 as a professor. In 1969 and 1975 he was visiting professor in Konstanz .

Works

  • Sens et composition du «Jeu ​​de la feuillée». University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor 1956 / London 1979.
  • Retreat in epic parade. Studies on Les Quatre Fils Aymon, La Chevalerie Ogier de Danemarche, Garin Le Loherenc, Raoul de Cambrai, Aliscans, Huon de Bordeaux . Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1963.
  • Furnished education. Studies on pedagogical trivial literature of the 19th century . W. Fink, Munich 1970.
  • Wooden boy with heart formation . Study of De Amicis' Cuore, Collodis Pinocchio and other literary aspects of the Italian lifestyle . W. Fink, Munich 1972.
  • Epic question and answer game in the "Geste de Nanteuil". With an excursus on counter-imagery in old French chansons de geste . V. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1963, 1974.
  • Epic speculators. Attempt of a synchronous story of the old French epic . Foreword by Hans Robert Jauss . W. Fink, Munich 1975.
  • Dumas and the bad mother. Over ten historical novels by Alexandre Dumas the Elder. E. Schmidt, Berlin 1979.
  • At the silent hearth ... "Foyer" in novels d. 19th century. C. Winter, Heidelberg 1980.

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personal data
SURNAME Adler, Alfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1986
Place of death New York City