Gerda Blumenthal Explained

Gerda Renée Blumenthal (1923–2004) was a German-American literary scholar. She taught French and comparative literature at the Catholic University of America from 1968 to 1988.^[1]

Life

Gerda Blumenthal was born on July 26, 1923, in Berlin.^[1] She escaped Nazi Germany to America around 1941, and studied in New York.^[2] She died on April 18, 2004, in Washington, DC.^[1]

Works

• The poetic imagination of Georges Bernanos: an essay in interpretation, 1956
• André Malraux: the conquest of dread, 1960
• Thresholds: a study of Proust, 1984

Notes and References

1. 'Blumethal, Gerda Renee 1923-2004', Washington Post, April 24, 2004. Reprinted online at encyclopedia.com. Accessed 28 March 2020.
2. Book: Burke, Peter. Peter Burke (historian). Exiles and Expatriates in the History of Knowledge, 1500-2000. 2017. Brandeis University Press. 978-1-5126-0033-9. 192.