Laurence Adolphus Bisson
Laurence Adolphus Bisson (* 1897 in Jersey , † 1965 in Belfast ) was a British Romance studies and literary scholar.
life and work
Bisson went to school in Saint Helier , Jersey, and studied at Pembroke College (Oxford) , as well as (after military service with loss of a leg) in Paris and Bordeaux (graduated in 1921). From 1921 to 1925 he taught in Canada, first at Queen's University (Kingston) , from 1922 at Trinity College, University of Toronto (as an associate professor). He received his doctorate in 1932 under Paul Laumonier in Bordeaux on Le romantisme littéraire au Canada français (Paris 1932). Then he became a lecturer in Birmingham, from 1933 a lecturer, later a reader, at Oxford. From 1945 he was professor of French at Queen's University Belfast .
Other works
- Amédée Pichot. A romantic Prometheus, Oxford 1942
- (Ed.) Des vers de France. A book of French verse, Harmondsworth 1942 (Penguin Books)
- A Short History of French Literature from the Middle Ages to the present day, Harmondsworth 1943 (Penguin Books)
- (Ed.) Victor Hugo, Les Feuilles d'automne, Oxford 1944
- André Gide, 1869–1951. A memorial lecture, Belfast 1952
literature
- [Obituary in:] French Studies 20, 1966, pp. 114–115
Web links
- Literature by and about Laurence Adolphus Bisson in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://fs.oxfordjournals.org/content/XX/1/114.extract
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bisson, Laurence Adolphus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bisson, Laurence A .; Bisson, LA |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Romance studies and literary scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1965 |
| Place of death | Belfast |