Isidore Silver
Isidore Silver (born August 13, 1906 in New York City , † January 21, 1999 ) was an American Romance studies and literary scholar.
life and work
Silver received his PhD from Columbia University with the thesis The Pindaric odes of Ronsard (Paris 1937). He has taught at the University of Connecticut and Washington University in St. Louis . His research was dominated by Pierre de Ronsard .
Other works
- (Collaborator with Raymond Lebègue ) Pierre de Ronsard, Oeuvres complètes. Edition critique, ed. by Paul Laumonier , 20 vols., Paris 1914–1975
- (Ed.) Les Oeuvres de Pierre de Ronsard. Texts from 1587. Nouvelle édition, 8 vol., Chicago / Paris 1966–1970
- Ronsard and the Hellenic Renaissance in France
- I. Ronsard and the Greek epic, St. Louis 1961, Geneva 1987 (Travaux Humanisme et Renaissance 218bis)
- II. Ronsard and the Grecian lyre, 3 vols., Geneva 1981-1985-1987 (Travaux Humanisme et Renaissance 182,208,218)
- The intellectual evolution of Ronsard
- 1. The formative influences, St. Louis 1969
- 2. Ronsard's general theory of poetry, St. Louis 1973
- 3. Ronsard's philosophic thought. 1. The evolution of philosophy and religion from their mythical origins, Geneva 1992 (THR 269)
- Three Ronsard studies, Geneva 1978 (Cahiers d'Humanisme et Renaissance)
literature
- French Renaissance studies in honor of Isidore Silver, ed. by Frieda S. Brown, in: Kentucky Romance Quarterly 21, 1974, Supplement 2
- Ronsard, figure de la variété. En mémoire d'Isidore Silver, ed. by Colette H. Winn, Geneva 2002
Web links
- Literature by and about Isidore Silver in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Isidore Silver , US Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed October 4, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Silver, Isidore |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 21, 1999 |