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Alexis Paulin ParisAlexis Paulin Paris (March 25, 1800 - February 13, 1881), was a French scholar and author. He was born at Avenay (Marne). He published in 1824 an Apologie pour l'cole romantique, and took an active part in Parisian journalism. His appointment, in 1828, to the department of manuscripts in the Bibliotheque royale left him leisure to pursue his studies in medieval French literature. Paulin Paris lived before modern research methods had been generally applied to literature, but his numerous editions of early French poems continued the work begun by Dominique Meon in arousing general interest in the then little-known epics of chivalry. Admitted to the Acadmie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres in 1837, he was shortly afterwards appointed on the commission entrusted with the continuation of the Histoire littraire de la France. In 1853 a chair of medieval literature was founded at the Collge de France, and Paulin Paris became the first occupant. He retired in 1872 with the title of honorary professor, and was promoted to officer of the Legion of Honour in the next year. His works include: - Manuscrits franais de la bibliothque du roi (7 vols., 1836-1848)
- Les Romans du Garin le Loherain, prcd d'un examen des romans carlovingiens (1883-1885)
- Les Romans de Berte aux grans pis (1832)
- Le Romancero franais, histoire de quelques anciens trouvres et choix de leurs chansons (1833)
- an edition of the Grandes chroniques de France (1836-1840)
- La Chanson d'Antioche (1848)
- Les Aventures de matre Renart et d'Ysengrin (1861)
- Les Romans de la table ronde (1868-1877).
His son Gaston Paris contributed a biographical notice to vol. xxix. of the Histoire littraire. Reference Paris, Alexis Paulin Paris, Alexis Paulin
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