Gerda Blumenthal
Gerda Renée Blumenthal (1923–2004) was a German-American literary scholar. She taught French and comparative literature at the Catholic University of America from 1968 to 1988.[1]
Life
[edit]Gerda Blumenthal was born on July 26, 1923, in Berlin.[1] She escaped Nazi Germany to America around 1941, and studied in New York.[2] She died on April 18, 2004, in Washington, DC.[1]
Works
[edit]- The poetic imagination of Georges Bernanos: an essay in interpretation, 1956
- André Malraux: the conquest of dread, 1960
- Thresholds: a study of Proust, 1984
References
[edit]- ^ a b c 'Blumethal, Gerda Renee 1923-2004', Washington Post, April 24, 2004. Reprinted online at encyclopedia.com. Accessed 28 March 2020.
- ^ Burke, Peter (2017). Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500-2000. Brandeis University Press. p. 192. ISBN 978-1-5126-0033-9.
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