Fernand Baldensperger papers 1904-1945

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Fernand Baldensperger papers 1904-1945

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Fernand Baldensperger (1871-1958) was a literary scholar, author (under the pseudonym Fernand Baldenne), and professor who contributed greatly to the field of Comparative Literature. In addition to teaching at the Universities of Nancy (1884-1900), Lyon (1900-1910), and Paris (1910-1935) in France, he taught at Columbia University (1917-1919), the University of Strasbourg (1919-1923), Harvard University (1935-1940), and the University of California-Los Angeles (1940-1945). Baldensperger cofounded the , and he wrote numerous scholarly texts on Goethe, Balzac, Alfred de Vigny, and various French and comparative literary topics. The collection consists of scholarly and World War II-related print and manuscript materials, as well as correspondence. Scholarly materials include printed texts by Baldensperger and others (often annotated and/or with inscriptions), typed drafts of Baldensperger's texts, extensive manuscript research notes, and a presumably unpublished typed manuscript. War-related materials include government documents from Giessen, Germany and a variety of printed pamphlets. Correspondence relates to both scholarly and personal matters. Revue de littérature comparée

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Baldensperger, Fernand, 1871-1958

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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). Wo...