Dr. Alice Colby Hall

Biography

Alice Colby-Hall is a Professor Emerita of French Literature, who received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. Although officially retired, she continues to teach courses focused on medieval French literature. Her research interests encompass Old French epic poetry, courtly romance, the history of the French language, and Old Occitan (Old Provençal) literature. She is the author of 'Portrait of Twelfth-Century French Literature: An Example of Stylistic Originality in Chrétien de Troyes,' published in 1965. Colby-Hall has also written several articles on the origins of epics, including those related to the William Orange Cycle. In 1997, she was honored with the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture. Currently, she is completing a book entitled 'Guillaume d’Orange et les légendes épiques de la basse vallée du Rhône.'

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