Leonard Forster (1913–1997)
Autor von The Penguin Book of German Verse
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- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Forster, Leonard Wilson
- Geburtstag
- 1913-03-30
- Todestag
- 1997-04-18
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- UK
- Geburtsort
- London, England, UK
- Sterbeort
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Wohnorte
- London, England, UK
- Ausbildung
- University of Cambridge
- Berufe
- Professor of German
- Beziehungen
- Forster, Jeanne (wife)
- Organisationen
- Cambridge University
University College London
International Association for Germanic Studies (president ∙ 1970-75)
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The Twentieth Century saw a proliferation of use of foreign languages in literature, particularly by T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pound who combined Latin, Greek, German, French, Provençal, Italian, Spanish and Chinese in the «Cantos». Forster shows how Hans Arp influenced James Joyce in adopting a mind boggling multi-lingual word play, investing deep in subconscious association in «Finnegan's Wake». Reading the latter requires highly specialized and multilingual capability.
Very inspirational and an encouragement to all students to invest in learning more than one foreign language.… (mehr)