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Louis Maigron
1866–1954
A French scholar and critic of literature, he is remembered for an early landmark study of the historical novel and for his close attention to French Romanticism. His work helped trace how Walter Scott shaped nineteenth-century French fiction.
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About the author
Born in Saint-Geniès-de-Malgoirès on June 22, 1866, Louis Maigron was a French man of letters, university teacher, and historian of literature. He earned the agrégation in letters in 1890, later completed his doctorate in 1898, and built his career teaching literature in secondary schools before moving into university life.
Maigron taught at the University of Clermont-Ferrand, first as a lecturer and then, from 1909 to 1926, as professor of French literature. He became known as a specialist in French Romanticism and literary history, with a reputation for careful, rigorous scholarship.
He is best known for Le Roman historique à l'époque romantique: Essai sur l'influence de Walter Scott, first published in 1898, an influential early French study of the historical novel and Walter Scott's impact on French writers. Maigron died in Paris on April 1, 1954.