Manfred Lentzen

Manfred Lentzen (born July 15, 1940 in Dormagen ) is a German Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Lentzen passed the Abitur in Mönchengladbach- Rheydt and from 1960 studied Romance and Classical Philology at the University of Cologne . In 1965 he received his doctorate there with the dissertation of Carlos Arniches . From "género chico" to "tragedia grotesca" (Minard / Droz, Geneva / Paris 1966) and was Fritz Schalk's assistant from 1965 to 1970 . In 1970 he completed his habilitation with the work Studies on Dante Exegesis Cristoforo Landinos (Böhlau, Cologne 1971) and in 1972 became a scientific adviser and professor. From 1974 until his retirement he held the chair for Romance Philology at the University of Münster, with special emphasis on Italian philology.

Lentzen published four volumes of individual interpretations on 20th century Italian literature (Schmidt, Berlin 2000–2008). Since 1999 he has been co-editor of the archive magazine for the study of modern languages ​​and literatures .

Works (selection)

• The Spanish Civil War and the Poets. Examples of political engagement in literature . Winter, Heidelberg 1985.
• Italian poetry of the 20th century. From the avant-garde of the first decades to a "new inwardness" . Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1994.
• Literary texts in their time. Romanist (especially Italianist) examples from the Middle Ages to the end of the Renaissance . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 2010.
• Spanish literature in a historical, political and cultural context. Golden Age, Enlightenment, 20th Century . Schmidt, Berlin 2012.

literature

• Traditio et innovatio. Contributions to literary reception in Romania. Festschrift for Manfred Lentzen on his 60th birthday . Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2000 (collective publication of the honored's work).
• Text - interpretation - comparison. Festschrift for Manfred Lentzen on his 65th birthday . Edited by Joachim Leeker. Schmidt, Berlin 2005.

Web links

• Spanish-speaking editorial work
• Personnel page of the Stauffenburg publishing house
• Brief history of Romance studies in Münster