Baldensperger, Fernand, 1871-1958

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Birth 1871
Death 1958
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Male
English, French,

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Fernand Baldensperger was a professor of Comparative Literature, who taught at the University of Nancy (1894), the University of Lyon (1900-10), the University of Paris (1910-35), Harvard (1935-40) and UCLA (1940-45). Horace S. Craig, received his Ph.D. in French Literature from UCLA in 1941 and collaborated with Baldensperger on a published collection of 19th- and 20th-century literary criticism.

From the description of Letters to Horace S. Craig, 1940-1955. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 79752264

Baldensperger (1871-1958) taught comparative literature at Harvard.

From the description of Papers of Philippe-Julius Fernand Baldensperger, ca. 1935-ca. 1940 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972955

Fernand Baldensperger was a professor of Comparative Literature, who taught at the University of Nancy (1894), the University of Lyon (1900-1910), the University of Paris (1910-1935), Harvard (1935-1940) and UCLA (1940-1945). Horace S. Craig received his Ph.D. in French Literature from UCLA in 1941 and collaborated with Baldensperger on a published collection of 19th- and 20th-century literary criticism.

From the guide to the Fernand Baldensperger letters to Horace S. Craig, 1940-1955., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University)

Fernand Baldensperger (1871-1958) was an eminent literary scholar, author, and professor of Comparative Literature. He was born in Vosges, France, and for most of his career he taught at the University of Nancy (1884-1900), the University of Lyon (1900-1910), and the University of Paris (1910-1935). During his time at the University of Paris, he also served as a visiting professor at Columbia University (1917-1919), and he taught at the University of Strasbourg (1919-1923). From 1935-1940 Baldensperger was professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, where he was chairperson of the department, and from 1940-1945 he taught at UC Los Angeles. Baldensperger contributed greatly to the field of comparative literary studies and co-founded the Revue de littérature comparée in 1921. His works include Goethe en France: étude de littérature comparée (1904), Le mouvement des idées dans l'émigration française, 1789-1815 (1924), L'avant-guerre dans la littérature française, 1900-1914 (1919), Orientations étrangères chez Honoré de Balzac (1927), La littérature française entre les deux guerres, 1919-1939 (1941), and La critique et l'histoire littéraires en France, au dix-neuvième et au début du vingtième siècles (1945). In addition, Baldensperger wrote and published literary texts under the pseudonym Fernand Baldenne.

From the description of Papers, 1934-1959. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40968528

Biography

Fernand Baldensperger (1871-1958) was an eminent literary scholar, author, and professor of Comparative Literature. He was born in Vosges, France, and for most of his career he taught at the University of Nancy (1884-1900), the University of Lyon (1900-1910), and the University of Paris (1910-1935). During his time at the University of Paris, he also served as a visiting professor at Columbia University (1917-1919), and he taught at the University of Strasbourg (1919-1923). From 1935-1940 Baldensperger was professor of Comparative Literature at Harvard University, where he was chairperson of the department, and from 1940-1945 he taught at the University of California-Los Angeles. Baldensperger contributed greatly to the field of comparative literary studies and cofounded the Revue de littérature comparée in 1921. His works include Goethe en France: étude de littérature comparée (1904), Le mouvement des idées dans l'émigration française, 1789-1815 (1924), L'avant-guerre dans la littérature française, 1900-1914 (1919), Orientations étrangères chez Honoré de Balzac (1927), La littérature française entre les deux guerres, 1919-1939 (1941), and La critique et l'histoire littéraires en France, au dix-neuvième et au début du vingtième siècles (1945). In addition, Baldensperger wrote and published literary texts under the pseudonym Fernand Baldenne.

From the guide to the Fernand Baldensperger papers, 1904-1945, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)

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