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Albert S. Gérard

1920 – 1996

Belgian scholar of comparative literature

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Lived 1920 – 1996 (aged 75–76). Albert S. Gérard was a Belgian academic, comparative literature academic and literary scholar.

Albert Stanislaus Gérard (1920–1996) was a Belgian scholar of comparative literature, specializing in African literature. His African Language Literatures was praised by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o as a "pioneering survey of literature in African languages".

Works L'idée romantique de la poésie en Angleterre. Étude sur la théorie de la poésie chez Coleridge, Wordsworth, Keats et Shelley, 1955. Translated as English romantic poetry : ethos, structure, and symbol in Coleridge, Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, 1968 Four African literatures: Xhosa, Sotho, Zulu, Amharic, 1971 (ed.) Black Africa, 1972 African language literatures : an introduction to the literary history of Sub-Saharan Africa, 1981 European-language writing in sub-Saharan Africa, 1985 Contexts of African literature, 1990

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1920
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Died
1996
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Albert Stanislaus Gérard

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Who was Albert S. Gérard?

Belgian scholar of comparative literature

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Albert S. Gérard was born in 1920.

When did Albert S. Gérard die?

Albert S. Gérard died in 1996.

What was Albert S. Gérard's occupation?

Albert S. Gérard was an academic, comparative literature academic and literary scholar.

What nationality was Albert S. Gérard?

Albert S. Gérard was Belgian.

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