Charles Antoine Gidel
Charles Antoine Gidel (born March 5, 1827 in Gannat , Département Allier , † October 31, 1900 in Paris ) was a French literary historian.
Gidel attended college in his hometown. He worked at various grammar schools, became director of the Lycée Henri IV in Paris in 1872 and had been the College of Louis le Grand from 1878 . His academic successes and public lectures on literature made him known in wider circles and repeatedly won him academy prizes, for example for the
- Étude sur Saint-Evremond (1866)
- Discours sur JJ Rousseau (1868)
- Imitations faites en grec depuis le douzième siècle, de nos anciens poèmes de chevalerie . - Paris, 1864
- Études sur la littérature grecque modern: Imitations en grec de nos romans de chevalerie depuis le XIIe siécle. Ouvrage couronne en 1864 par l'Acadaemie des Instructions et Belles-Lettres . Paris, 1866–1878, 2 volumes; his main work.
In addition to these price specifications, the following should also be mentioned:
- Les Français du XVII. siècle - 1873
- Histoire de la littérature française depuis son origine jusqu'à la Renaissance . - 1874–1883, 3 parts
Web links
- Literature by and about Charles Antoine Gidel in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gidel, Charles Antoine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gidel, Charles-Antoine; Gidel, Charles A .; Gidel, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1827 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gannat , Allier department |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 1900 |
| Place of death | Paris |