Edith Kern

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Edith Gentner Kern (born February 7, 1912 , † September 29, 2005 ) was an American Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Edith G. Kern completed her master's degree with the work Rojas Zorilla in French drama, 1643-1702 (Baltimore 1944) and received her doctorate in 1946 under Leo Spitzer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore on The influence of Heinsius and Vossius upon French dramatic theory (Baltimore 1949). She taught at various American universities (including Hofstra University and Smith College ). In 1977 she was President of the Modern Language Association .

Other works

  • (Ed. With Agnes G. Raymond) La joie de lire. Premières lectures littéraires, New York 1966
  • (Ed.) Sartre. A collection of critical essays, Englewood Cliffs, NY 1962
  • Existential thought and fictional technique. Kierkegaard, Sartre, Beckett, New Haven 1970
  • The absolute comic, New York 1980

literature

  • In Memoriam in: PMLA 121, March 2006, pp. 553-560; October 2006, pp. 1797-1800
  • Frank-Rutger Hausmann : "Devoured by the vortex of events". German Romance Studies in the “Third Reich”. 2nd Edition. Frankfurt am Main 2008, pp. 279, 330
personal data
SURNAME Kern, Edith
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kern, Edith Gentner (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH February 7, 1912
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 2005