Online Encyclopedia

Search over 40,000 articles from the original, classic Encyclopedia Britannica, 11th Edition.

VINET, ALEXANDRE RODOLPHE (1791-1847)

Online Encyclopedia
Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 97 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
» Make a correction to this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Spread the word: del.icio.us del.icio.us it!

See also:

VINET, See also:ALEXANDRE RODOLPHE (1791-1847) , See also:French critic and theologian, of Swiss See also:birth, was See also:born near See also:Lausanne on the 17th of See also:June 1797. He was educated for the See also:Protestant See also:ministry, being ordained in 1819, when already teacher of the French See also:language and literature in the gymnasium at See also:Basel; and during the whole of his See also:life he was as much a critic as a theologian. His See also:literary See also:criticism brought him into contact with Sainte-Beuve, for whom he procured an invitation to lecture at Lausanne, which led to his famous See also:work on See also:Port-Royal. Vinet's Chrestomathie fran4aise (1829), his Etudes sur la litterature fran4aise au XIX"'e siecle (1849-51), and his Histoire de la litterature fran4aise au X VIIP"e siecle, together with his Etudes sur See also:Pascal, Etudes sur See also:les moralistes aux X et X VII"'° siecles, Histoire de la See also:predication parmi les Reformes de See also:France and other kindred See also:works, gave See also:evidence of a wide knowledge of literature, a sober and acute literary See also:judgment and a distinguished See also:faculty of appreciation.

End of Article: VINET, ALEXANDRE RODOLPHE (1791-1847)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.
» Add information or comments to this article.
Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.
Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
VINER, SIR ROBERT (1631-1688) 		[next]
VINITA

Site © 2006 - Net Industries