William A. Nitze

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William Albert Nitze (born March 20, 1876 in Baltimore , † July 5, 1957 in Chicago ) was an American Romance scholar and philologist .

Life

From 1891 Nitze studied French, Italian and German philology ("Modern Languages") at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore ; Language and research stays in Paris , London , Brussels and Oxford follow from 1895–1897 . In 1897 he was a fellow for Romance studies , in 1899 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the sources of the old French Grail novel Perlesvaus around 1200. From 1899 he worked as a lecturer (lecturer) for Romance studies at Columbia University in New York . In 1903 Nitze was professor of Romance studies in Amherst , from 1908 in Berkeley , and from 1909 to 1941 at the University of Chicago .

In 1928 he was accepted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1936 into the American Philosophical Society .

Nitze was married to Anna Sophia Hilken Nitze, their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1902 (married EH Paepcke, † 1994).

Act

Nitze particularly impressed with his source studies on the old French Grail novels; his edition of the first French prose novel Perlesvaus is exemplary to this day. At more recent French authors he occupied himself with Molière, whom he interpreted as the herald of a morality of the "bon sens" and the "juste milieu" influenced by Montaigne. In Chicago he worked with Thomas Atkinson Jenkins on the "Arthurian Romances Project" (including Perlesvaus Edition) and helped set up the "Maison Française at the University of Chicago". His estate is kept in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Chicago Library.

Festschrift and personal bibliography

  • "Bibliography of the writings of William A. Nitze", compildes by Hugh M. Davidson, in: Modern Philology 38 (1941), pp. 365-370
  • "Studies in honor of William Albert Nitze", ed. By Clarence Edward Parmenter and Hugh McCullough Davidson, Chicago 1941

Works

  • "The old french Grail Romance 'Perlesvaus'". A Study on Its Sources, pres. to the Board of University Studies of the Johns Hopkins University for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Baltimore 1899.
  • "Glastonbury and the Holy Grail", Modern Philology 1/2 (1903), pp. 247-257.
  • "A new Source of the Yvain", in: Modern Philology 3 (1906).
  • "The Fountain Defended", in: Modern Philology 7 (1910).
  • "The sister's son and the Conte del Graal", Chicago 1912.
  • "A Handbook of French Phonetics", with Ernest Hatch Wilkins, (1918).
  • "A history of French literature". From the earliest times to the great war, New York 1922.
  • "Robert de Boron, Le roman de l'estoire dou Graal", edité par William A. Nitze, Paris 1927.
  • "Molière et le movement libertin de la Renaissance", 1927.
  • "Moliere, Les Precieuses Ridicules, Le Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope, edited by William A. Nitze, New York 1929.
  • "Le haut livre du Graal". Perlesvaus, edited by William A. Nitze and Thomas A. Jenkins, Chicago; 1. Text variants, and glossary, 1932; 2. Commentary and notes 1937.
  • "Arthurian Romance and Modern Poetry and Music", Chicago 1941.
  • "Yvain and the Myth of the Fountain", in: Speculum 30 (1955) 170-179.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Book of Members 1780 – present, Chapter N. (PDF; 283 kB) In: American Academy of Arts and Sciences (amacad.org). Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Member History: William A. Nitze. American Philosophical Society, accessed January 9, 2019 .
  3. ^ University of Maryland: Estate of EH Paepcke
  4. ^ University of Maryland: Estate of Willam Albert Nitze 1905-1937
  5. ^ University of Maryland: Estate of Willam Albert Nitze 1908-1956
  6. ^ Jstor.org: Bibliography of the writings of William A. Nitze
  7. ^ University of Maryland: Studies in honor of William Albert Nitze
personal data
SURNAME Nitze, William A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nitze, William Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American Romance Studies and Philologist
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Baltimore
DATE OF DEATH 5th July 1957
Place of death Chicago