Marcel Françon research papers, ca. 1927-1966.

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Marcel Françon research papers, ca. 1927-1966.

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Photostats, photocopies, and other duplicates of manuscripts from European libraries (especially the British Library and the Bibliotèque Nationale) used in Françon's research on Renaissance French literature. Includes materials on François Rabelais's Pantagruel, translations of Francesco Petrarca's Laure d'Avignon, and others. Includes only a few fragments of autograph manuscript notes by Françon.

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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...

Rabelais, François, approximately 1490-1553?

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Françon, Marcel, 1900-

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Marcel Auguste Françon (1900-1990) taught French at Harvard in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures from 1927 to 1966. From the description of Marcel Françon research papers, ca. 1927-1966. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612834806 Marcel Auguste Françon (1900-1990) taught French at Harvard in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures from 1927 to 1966. He was tenured as Associate Professor in 1940. From the description of Pa...