Gladys Turquet-Milnes

Gladys Turquet-Milnes (* 1889; † 1977) w​ar eine britische Romanistin u​nd Französistin.

Leben und Werk

Gladys Rosaleen Milnes lehrte Französisch a​m Westfield College i​n London u​nd war b​is 1952 Professorin für Französisch a​m Bedford College (Nachfolger: John Stephenson Spink). Sie w​ar verheiratet m​it dem französischstämmigen Pädagogen u​nd Schriftsteller André Turquet (1869–1940) u​nd Mutter d​es Psychiaters u​nd Fechters Pierre Maurice Turquet (1913–1975).

Werke
  • The influence of Baudelaire in France and England, London, Constable, 1913.
  • Some modern Belgian writers. A critical study, London, Muirhead, 1916.
  • Some modern French writers. A study in bergsonism, London, Muirhead, 1921.
  • From Pascal to Proust. Studies in the genealogy of a philosophy, London, Cape, 1926.
  • Poems, London, Cape, 1928.
  • Paul Valéry, London, Cape, 1934.
  • (Übersetzerin) Joachim du Bellay, The defence & illustration of the French language, London, Dent, 1939.

Literatur
  • Gladys Turquet-Milnes, Apples I have picked. Reminiscences, London, Dent, 1939.
  • J. M. Cocking, 'Obituary: Prof Gladys Turquet. French teaching at Bedford College', in: The Times 22. Januar 1977
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