Leo Spitzer
Leo Spitzer · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Romance philologist and founder of literary stylistics.
1887, Vienna, Austria — 1960, Forte dei Marmi, Italy
Austria · Germany · Turkey · United States
Leo Spitzer is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Romance philologist and founder of literary stylistics.
Spitzer was a Romance philologist who helped found literary stylistics, reading a work's language closely to reveal an author's mind and worldview. Born into a Viennese Jewish family, he was dismissed under Nazi racial laws and emigrated, teaching in Istanbul and then at Johns Hopkins, where he shaped comparative literature in America.
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Romance philologist and founder of literary stylistics.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Linguistics
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