Gustave Charlier

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Gustave Charlier (born July 20, 1885 in Huy ; † April 8, 1959 ) was a Belgian Romance studies and literary scholar.

Life

Charlier studied Romance Philology with Maurice Wilmotte and Gustave Lanson . He received his doctorate in 1908 on Le sentiment de la nature chez les Romantiques français, 1762-1830 (Paris / Brussels 1912). After further studies in Florence and Bonn, he began teaching at the Université libre de Bruxelles in 1912 , where he was a full professor from 1920 to 1955. From December 1941 to March 1942 he was interned by the German occupiers in the Huy fortress. Since 1921 he was a member of the Académie royale de Belgique.

Charlier was married to the historian Suzanne Tassier-Charlier (1898–1956).

Works

  • (Ed.) Manzoni. Œuvres choisies, Paris 1924
  • De Ronsard à Victor Hugo. Problèmes d'histoire littéraire, Brussels 1931, 1939, Paris 1952
  • (Ed.) Torquato Tasso, Paris 1928
  • Stendhal et ses amis belges, Paris 1931
  • (Ed.) Machiavel. Œuvres choisies, Paris 1935
  • Aspects de Lamartine, Paris 1938
  • Les lettres françaises de Belgique. Esquisse historique, Brussels 1938, 1944
  • Commynes, Brussels 1945
  • Passages. Essais, Brussels 1947
  • Le Mouvement romantique en Belgique (1815-1850). I. La Bataille romantique; II. Vers un romantisme national, 2 vols., Brussels 1948, 1959
  • De Montaigne à Verlaine. Nouveauxproblemèmes d'histoire littéraire, Brussels 1956
  • (Ed. Together with Joseph Hanse) Histoire illustrée des lettres françaises de Belgique, Brussels 1958
  • Portraits of Italy, Brussels 1961

literature

  • “Roland Mortier”, in: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire , 37, 1959, pp. 914–918.

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personal data
SURNAME Charlier, Gustave
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian Romance studies and literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Huy
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1959