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In 1928, Eugene Vinaver founded in Oxford the Arthurian society, which published two volumes under the title ''Arthuriana'' (1929, 1930). This society was renamed [[Society for the study of the medieval languages and literatures]]. Arthuriana became ''Medium Aevum''. In 1948, the [[International Arthurian Society]] was organized by Eugene Vinaver and [[Jean Frappier]]. |
In 1928, Eugene Vinaver founded in Oxford the Arthurian society, which published two volumes under the title ''Arthuriana'' (1929, 1930). This society was renamed [[Society for the study of the medieval languages and literatures]]. Arthuriana became ''Medium Aevum''. In 1948, the [[International Arthurian Society]] was organized by Eugene Vinaver and [[Jean Frappier]]. |
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Eugene Vinaver published in 1947 a new edition of Malory's ''[[Morte d'Arthur]]'', based on the XV<sup>th</sup> century [[Le_Morte_d'Arthur|Winchester Manuscript]] which WJ Oakeshott had discovered in the Fellows' Library at Winchester College in 1934 |
Eugene Vinaver published in 1947 a new edition of Malory's ''[[Morte d'Arthur]]'', based on the XV<sup>th</sup> century [[Le_Morte_d'Arthur|Winchester Manuscript]] which WJ Oakeshott had discovered in the Fellows' Library at Winchester College in 1934. |
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He was a correspondent member of the [[British Academy]] and the [[Medieval Academy of America]], a foreign member of [[Académie royale de langue et de littérature française]] of Belgium. |
He was a correspondent member of the [[British Academy]] and the [[Medieval Academy of America]], a foreign member of [[Académie royale de langue et de littérature française]] of Belgium. |
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Eugène Vinaver (born Template:Lang-ru, 1899-1979) was a French and British literary scholar.
Vinaver was born June 18, 1899 in Saint-Petersburg a son of Russian lawyer and politician Maxim Vinaver who emigrated to France in 1919. Eugene Vinaver studied in École pratique des hautes études where he was a pupil of Joseph Bedier. From the late 1920s he lived in England. He received his doctorate from Oxford University in 1950.
In 1928, Eugene Vinaver founded in Oxford the Arthurian society, which published two volumes under the title Arthuriana (1929, 1930). This society was renamed Society for the study of the medieval languages and literatures. Arthuriana became Medium Aevum. In 1948, the International Arthurian Society was organized by Eugene Vinaver and Jean Frappier.
Eugene Vinaver published in 1947 a new edition of Malory's Morte d'Arthur, based on the XVth century Winchester Manuscript which WJ Oakeshott had discovered in the Fellows' Library at Winchester College in 1934.
He was a correspondent member of the British Academy and the Medieval Academy of America, a foreign member of Académie royale de langue et de littérature française of Belgium.
Vinaver died on July 21, 1979.
Works
- Form and Meaning in Medieval Romance, 1966
- À la recherche d'une poétique médiévale, 1970
- The Rise of Romance, 1971
References
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