Arthur Gerstner

Arthur Gerstner-Hirzel (* 1920 ; † before 1979 ) was a Swiss English student .

Life and work

Gerstner received his doctorate in 1957 from the University of Basel with the work The Economy of Action and Word in Shakespeare’s Plays . He coined the term syntax of stage pictures in Shakespeare research.

Gerstner was married to the folklorist and philologist Emily Gerstner-Hirzel .

Fonts (selection)

Stage craft and poetry. In: SJ. XCI, 1955, pp. 196-211.
The Economy of Action and Word in Shakespeare's Plays. 1957.

Web links

Literature by and about Arthur Gerstner in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Literature by and about Arthur Gerstner in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

Individual evidence

↑ His wife, Emily Gerstner-Hirzel, dedicated her 1979 book From the folk tradition by Bosco Gurin to her deceased husband (Fer mim Må salig) .
^ Franklin Dickey , Arthur Gerstner-Hirzel: Review of The Economy of Action and Word in Shakespeare's Plays . In: Shakespeare Quarterly (= Cooper monographs on English and American language and literature ). tape 10 , no. 3 (summer), 1959, p. 445 , JSTOR : 2866874 .
^ Richard Dutton , Jean E. Howard (eds.): A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Histories. Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-99728-4 , p. 321.

personal data
SURNAME	Gerstner, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Gerstner-Hirzel, Arthur (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss Anglicist
DATE OF BIRTH	1920
DATE OF DEATH	before 1979

[1] His wife, Emily Gerstner-Hirzel, dedicated her 1979 book From the folk tradition by Bosco Gurin to her deceased husband (Fer mim Må salig) .

[2] Franklin Dickey , Arthur Gerstner-Hirzel: Review of The Economy of Action and Word in Shakespeare's Plays . In: Shakespeare Quarterly (= Cooper monographs on English and American language and literature ). tape 10 , no. 3 (summer), 1959, p. 445 , JSTOR : 2866874 .

[3] Richard Dutton , Jean E. Howard (eds.): A Companion to Shakespeare's Works: The Histories. Volume 2. John Wiley & Sons, New York 2008, ISBN 978-0-470-99728-4 , p. 321.