Napoléon Landais
Napoléon Landais (pseudonym Eugène de Massy ; born June 3, 1804 in Laval (Mayenne) , † August 20, 1852 in Paris ) was a French man of letters, Romance scholar, lexicographer and grammarian.
Life
Landais was one of the leading lexicographers and grammarians of French in the mid-19th century. His works were published for about 30 years. He also published novels and educational writings.
In the lexicographical and grammatical area, Landais was in competition with his contemporary Louis-Nicolas Bescherelle , who outlived him by 30 years. After Landais' death in 1852, Louis Barré took on some of his works, but they were not published beyond the Second Empire .
Works
Lexicography and grammarography
- Dictionnaire général et grammatical des dictionnaires français , 2 vols., Paris 1834 (last edition 1853 with Complément du grand dictionnaire des dictionnaires français de Napoléon Landais ... par une société de savants ... sous la direction de MM. D. Chésurolles et Louis Barré, reprinted Paris 1939)
- Grammaire Générale des Grammaires Françaises présentant la solution analytique, raisonnée et logique de toutes les questions grammaticales anciennes et modern , 1835 (from 1856 edited by Louis Barré and D. Chésurolles, last edition 1865)
- Grammaire générale, ou Résumé de toutes les grammaires françaises , 1838, 1839
- Dictionnaire classique français , Paris 1839 (last edition 1860)
- Petit Dictionnaire français , Paris 1839 (last edition 1855)
- Petit Dictionnaire des dictionnaires français illustré , extrait du grand par Désiré Chésurolles, Paris 1856 (last edition 1875)
- (together with Louis Barré) Dictionnaire des rimes françaises , Paris 1859
Novels (under the pseudonym Eugène de Massy)
- Une vie de courtisane , Paris 1833
- Une femme du peuple , Paris 1834
- La fille d'un ouvrier , Paris 1837
Other works
- Commentaires et études littéraires , Paris 1840
- Lettres à Amélie sur le mariage , Paris 1845
- Choix de fables de La Fontaine expliquées aux enfants , Paris 1846
- Petit manuel des connaissances utiles , Paris 1850
literature
- Entry in Archives Biographiques Françaises (ABF); retrievable via WBIS .
- Jacques-Philippe Saint-Gérand: La Grammaire Générale des Grammaires françaises de Napoléon Landais et la Rhétorique , in: Verbum 17, 1992, pp. 212-232.
Web links
- Literature by and about Napoléon Landais in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landais, Napoleon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Massy, Eugène de (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Romance philologist, lexicographer and grammarian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laval (Mayenne) |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 20, 1852 |
| Place of death | Paris |