Christian Gauss
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Christian Gauss (1878 – 1951) was a
literary critic and professor
of literature.
Biography
Gauss was born in
Dreyfus case during which time he met Oscar Wilde who dedicated one of his poems to Gauss
.
Later Gauss taught at Michigan and Lehigh University in the United States, and in 1905 became a first preceptor at Princeton University, where he remained until his retirement in 1946.[citation needed]
At Princeton, Gauss became a full professor of French Literature two years after his arrival; he was chairman of the department of modern languages; and he served as
Christian Gauss Award
.
Though he was not a prolific author or a public figure, Gauss left a mark on literary scholarship: Princeton University's semiannual series of Christian Gauss Seminars in Criticism (founded in 1949 by
R.P. Blackmur), and Phi Beta Kappa's annual Christian Gauss Award (est. 1950) for a book of literary criticism are named in his honor. Gauss influenced and corresponded frequently with F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edmund Wilson.[citation needed
]
References
- ISBN 978-1-5017-4499-0.
External sources
- Alexander Leitch (1978). "Christian Gauss". A Princeton Companion. Princeton University Press. Archived from the original on 2006-02-12. Retrieved 2006-02-12.
External links
- Works by Christian Gauss at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Christian Gauss at Internet Archive
- Gauss Award from Phi Beta Kappa
- Gauss Seminars from A Princeton Companion
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