Félix Gaiffe
Félix Gaiffe (born January 1874 in Besançon , † September 28, 1934 in Nice ) was a French Romance studies and drama scholar .
life and work
Gaiffe was a high school teacher in Verdun, Lons-le-Saunier, Grenoble, Besançon, Lyon and Paris. He completed his habilitation with the Thèses Le drame en France au XVIIIe siècle (Paris 1910, 1970, Geneva 2011) and (Ed.) Thomas Sébillet, Art poétique françoys 1548 (Paris 1910, 1932, 1973, 1988). In 1926 he became maître de conférences at the Sorbonne , and in 1934 he was a full professor of theater history, but died shortly afterwards of a heart attack.
Other works
- L'Envers du grand siècle. Étude historique et anecdotique , Paris 1924, 1928
- Le mariage de Figaro , Paris 1928
- Le rire et la scène française , Paris 1931, Geneva 1970, 2011
- (with others) Grammaire Larousse du XXe siècle , Paris 1936
Gaiffe also edited several pieces by Michel-Jean Sedaine .
literature
- Qui était qui? XXe siècle , Levallois-Perret 2005 sv
Web links
- Literature by and about Félix Gaiffe in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries )
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=100902#
- http://ber.isnard.free.fr/REV18D1.htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gaiffe, Felix |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gaiffe, Félix Alexandre |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance studies and drama scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Besançon |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1934 |
| Place of death | Nice |