Bernard Weinberg

Bernard Weinberg (born August 23, 1909 in Chicago , Illinois , † February 13, 1973 ) was an American literary scholar and university professor . As a literary critic , he formed along with other the first generation of neo- Aristotelian Chicago School (Chicago School of Literary Criticism) , which dealt with the history of the theory and aesthetics of literature and philology.

Life

Bernard Weinberg, son of William Weinberg and his wife Anna Goldstein Weinberg, began to study philosophy at the University of Chicago after attending school , from which he graduated in 1930 with a Bachelor of Philosophy . During a subsequent first study visit and stay abroad in France , he obtained a diploma from the Sorbonne , the University of Paris , in 1931 . On his return he worked between 1932 and 1937 as a research assistant for Romance languages at the University of Chicago. From 1934 to 1935 he undertook another research trip to Europe as part of the American Field Service program and, on his return in 1936, also earned a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) at the University of Chicago. From 1937 to 1939 he was initially a lecturer at Washington University in St. Louis , where he then taught as an assistant professor from 1939 to 1946 . He also undertook another research trip to Europe in 1938, which took him to Paris, London , Florence and Rome . During the Second World War , between 1942 and 1945 he also did military service as captain of the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). Between 1946 and 1949 he taught as an associate professor at Washington University in St. Louis and also undertook a study visit to Europe between 1947 and 1948.

In the summer semester of 1947, Weinberg also taught as a visiting professor at the University of Chicago. As a literary critic , he formed along with Ronald Crane , Elder Olson , Richard McKeon , Wayne C. Booth and others, the first generation of neo- Aristotelian Chicago School (Chicago School of Literary Criticism) , dedicated to the history of the theory and aesthetics of literature and Philology dealt with.

In 1949, Bernard Weinberg moved to Northwestern University as an associate professor , where he taught as a professor between 1951 and 1955. At the same time, he made renewed research trips to Europe in 1950 and 1951 to 1952. In 1953 he was the first chairman of the Conference on Renaissance Studies organized by Chicago's Newberry Library and was also a member of the advisory board of the Renaissance Society of America . In 1955 he took over a professorship at the University of Chicago and taught there until 1967. After returning from another trip to Europe in 1957, between 1958 and 1967 he was also head of the Department of Romance Languages and Romance Literature at the University of Chicago. In 1961 he undertook another trip to Europe with study visits to Paris, London, Florence and Rome, whereupon in 1962 he was again chairman of the Newberry Library Conference Renaissance Studies and a member of the advisory board of the Renaissance Society of America. At the same time, in 1963 he was the first vice president of the Executive Council of the Modern Language Association (MLA), the most important professional association in the USA for linguists, literary scholars and literary critics .

The years 1963 and 1964 again took Weinberg on a research trip to Europe. He was then also a visiting professor at the University of Iowa in 1965 and at the University of Minnesota in 1966 . During another trip to Europe between 1967 and 1968, he also held the William H. Colvin Research Professorship. He then held the Robert Maynard Hutchins Distinguished Service Professorship, named after the educational theorist Robert Maynard Hutchins , between 1969 and 1973 . During this time in 1970 he also taught as a visiting professor of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei at the Scuola Normale Superiore (SNI) in Pisa . In 1971 he became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Publications

In addition to his teaching and research activities, Weinberg wrote numerous books on the history of literature and literary studies on the literature of the Renaissance , but also on French realism . In his works he dealt with authors such as Jean Racine , Jacques Grévin , Francesco Patrizi da Cherso , but also with Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe by Stéphane Mallarmé . The most important works include:

French realism. The critical reaction, 1830-1870 , Oxford University Press, London 1937
The sources of Grevin's ideal on comedy and tragedy . In: Modern Philology , vol. 45 (1947), pp. 46ff., ISSN 0026-8232
Critical prefaces of the French Renaissance , Northwestern University Press, Evanston 1950
French poetry of the renaissance , Harper, New York 1954
A history of literary criticism in the Italian Renaissance , University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1961
A Suggested Reading of "Le Tombeau d'Edgar Poe" , In: L'Esprit Créateur , Vol. 1, No. 3, case 1961 (Stéphane Mallarmé), The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore 1961
The art of Jean Racine , University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1969
Trattati di poetica e retorica del Cinquecento , G. Laterza & Figli, Bari 1970

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Individual evidence

^ Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1950-1999 by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

personal data
SURNAME	Weinberg, Bernard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American literary scholar and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 23, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH	February 13, 1973

[1] Members of the American Academy. Listed by election year, 1950-1999 by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences