Verdun-Louis Saulnier

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Verdun-Louis Saulnier (born January 1, 1917 in Rome , † September 29, 1980 in Paris ) was a French Romance studies and literary scholar.

life and work

Saulnier was a student of the École normal supérieure , Agrégé and Chargé d'enseignement at the University of Lyon . He completed his habilitation with the work Le Prince de la Renaissance lyonnaise initiateur de la Pléiade. Maurice Scève, italianisant, humaniste et poète, c. 1500-1560. Les milieux, la carrière, la destinée (published by udT Maurice Scève, approx. 1500-1560 , 2 volumes, Paris 1948/1949, Geneva / Paris 1981, Geneva 2003). From 1949 to 1980 he held the chair for the history of French humanism at the Sorbonne.

The Center VL Saulnier (Center de recherche sur la création littéraire en France à la Renaissance) at the Sorbonne, which organizes a Colloque VL Saulnier every year, is named after him, as well as the Association VL Saulnier, which publishes the annual Cahiers VL Saulnier, in the the files of the colloquium are published (all founded in 1982 by Robert Aulotte).

Other works

French literary history from the Middle Ages to Romanticism

  • La Littérature française de la Renaissance, Paris 1942, 10th edition 1973 (Que sais-je? 85)
  • La Littérature française du siècle classique, Paris 1943, 10th edition 1977 (Que sais-je? 95)
  • La Littérature française du siècle philosophique, 1715–1802, Paris 1943, 10th edition 1976 (Que sais-je? 128)
  • La Littérature française du Moyen Age, Paris 1943, 7th edition 1967 (Que sais-je? 145)
  • La Littérature française du siècle romantique, Paris 1945, 10th edition 1972 (Que sais-je? 156)

Monographs and editions (selection)

  • Compagnons naguère. Poèmes de longue date, Le Mans 1944
  • (Ed.) Anthologie poétique de Béroalde de Verville, Paris 1945
  • (Ed.) Théâtre profane de Marguerite de Navarre, Paris 1946
  • You Bellay. L'homme et l'œuvre, Paris 1951, 1960
  • Les Élégies de Clément Marot, Paris 1952, 1968
  • Le Dessein de Rabelais, Paris 1957
  • Rabelais dans son enquête. Etude sur le "Quart" et le "Cinquième livre", publié par Jean Céard, Paris 1982
  • Rabelais dans son enquête. La sagesse de Gargantua. Le dessein de Rabelais, Paris 1983

literature

  • Études seiziémistes offertes à M. le Prof. V.-L. Saulnier, Geneva 1980
  • Mélanges sur la littérature de la Renaissance à la mémoire de V.-L. Saulnier, Geneva 1984 (with appreciation by Pierre-Georges Castex )
  • Robert Aulotte in: Revue d'histoire littéraire de la France 81, 1981, pp. 1035-1036

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personal data
SURNAME Saulnier, Verdun-Louis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Saulnier, Verdun; Saulnier, V.-L .; Saulnier, Verdun-Léon (wrong name form)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French Romance scholar, literary scholar and Renaissance specialist
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1980
Place of death Paris