Karl Pietsch (Romanist)
Karl Pietsch (born January 4, 1860 in Stettin ; † April 1, 1930 ibid) was a German Romanist and Hispanist who worked in the USA.
life and work
Carl Pietsch studied in Berlin (1879–1882), Florence (1882–1884) and Halle a. S. and received his doctorate there in 1887 with contributions to the doctrine of the old French relative (Halle 1888). He then went to the United States and was a library assistant at the Newberry Library in Chicago from 1890 to 1896 . From 1896 to 1900 he was first an instructor, then assistant professor for Romance languages at the University of Chicago and, after a year of study at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, became associate professor in 1901 and full professor of Romance philology in 1910. After his retirement in 1925, he returned to Stettin. Pietsch was a corresponding member of the Spanish Academy from 1910.
Other works
- Preliminary Notes on Two Old Spanish Versions on the Disticha Catonis (The decennal publications 2), Chicago 1902
- The Spanish Particle "he", in: Modern Philology 2, 1904-1905
- Notes on Spanish Folklore, in: Modern Philology 7, 1909-1910
- On Spanish grammar, in: Modern Philology 10, 1912–1913
- Concerning MS 2-G-5 of the Palace Library at Madrid, in: Modern Philology 11, 1913-1914
- On the Language of "Spanish Grail" Fragments, in: Modern Philology 12-13, 1915-1916.
- Spanish Grail fragments: El Libro de Josep Abarimatia. La Estoria de Merlin. Lançarote , ed. From the unique ms, Chicago 1924-25
literature
- Alexander Herman Schutz, The Romance of Daude de Pradas called Dels Auzels Cassadors , edited with introduction, summary, notes and glossary, Columbus, Ohio State University Press 1945 (dedicated to the memory of Karl Pietsch, see Paul Remy in: Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire 28, 1950, pp. 1145–1148)
- Günther Schütz, Epistolario de Rufino José Cuervo con filólogos de Alemania, Austria y Suiza y noticias de las demás relaciones de Cuervo con estos países y sus representantes , Vol. 1 (Archivo Epistolar Colombiano 8), Bogotá 1976, pp. 661-672
Web links
- Literature by and about Karl Pietsch in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pietsch, Karl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pietsch, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist and Hispanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1930 |
| Place of death | Szczecin |