27-03-2023, 06:23
Bien vu Yyr, ça me semble être tout à fait ça. Ce qui nous donnerait in fine :
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Note : This letter (extract) is part of an exchange with the British Council about funding for his research into early English languages
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Note : This letter (extract) is part of an exchange with the British Council about funding for his research into early English languages
24 August 1945
Dear Sir,
I have heard from Professor Simonne d'Ardenne of Liège that her name has been selected as one to be recommanded to the British Council. She has, I believe, expressed a wish to come to Oxford for a year, and to resume her unfinisehed work with me ; so, possibly, I should have heard in due course from the Council. But I hope I may be in order in speaking for her at once.
Mlle d'Ardenne is a very considerable scholar, and in a field (early English) that is otherwise poorly represented in countries of Latin' Language, to which Belgium largely belongs. She was once my pupil ; but latterly we were working in collaboration. The war cut our communications and left us with much unfinished work on hand. It would be impossible for Mlle d'Ardenne to resume this without residence in Oxford. And, if I may speak of myself, it would be of the greatest assistance to me, if it could be made possible for her to return here for a time. I find it very difficult to pick up the thread without her help. It is not possible for me to go to Belgium ; and in any case our main sources and materials are in England.
Mlle d'Ardennes's work (Sainte Julienne), published in Liège in 1936, was recognized as one the most important works in the field of Middle English for a generation, and is probably the best extent edition of a Middle English text. The work we had plannd was in continuation of the resarch there begun.