Leo Spitzer
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Austrian philologist and literary theorist
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Philology
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Literary Theory
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Leo Spitzer's Degrees
- PhD Philology University of Vienna
Why Is Leo Spitzer Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Leo Spitzer was an Austrian Romanist and Hispanist, philologist, and an influential and prolific literary critic. He was known for his emphasis on stylistics. Along with Erich Auerbach, Spitzer is widely recognized as one of the foundational figures of comparative literature.
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