Alfred Estermann

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Alfred Adolph Estermann (born March 7, 1938 in Windsheim ; † March 23, 2008 in Bad Nauheim ) was a German literary scholar , book historian and bibliographer .

Life

Alfred Estermann was the son of an engineer and studied German and philosophy in Erlangen and Zurich from 1957 to 1963 and received his doctorate in Erlangen with a thesis on the subject of filming literary works . He then worked as a research fellow and received a scholarship from the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, and during this time he began indexing the journals of the 19th century.

After working at Athenaion-Verlag and the Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel, he went to the City and University Library of Frankfurt am Main in 1978 , where the focus was on the literature of the 19th century being collected and made accessible. Here Estermann once again devoted himself to researching the journals of this period and over the years published two comprehensive journal bibliographies (see “Works”). In Frankfurt am Main he also took over the management of the Schopenhauer Archive . In 1991 he qualified as a professor at the University of Siegen and later taught at the Institute of Book Sciences of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Estermann was with the literary scholar, book historian and editor Monika Estermann, geb. Ammermann, married.

meaning

Estermann has recognized the source character of the journals and promoted their indexing, whereby he developed and applied his own content analysis method. The bibliographies he has compiled are indispensable resources today and are available in every major library.

Works (selection)

  • The film adaptation of literary works . Bouvier, Bonn 1965. (Treatises on art, music and literature 33)
  • Young Germany's magazines . Indices. Kraus, Nendeln 1975, 2 volumes
  • Bad Windsheim . History of a city in pictures. Delp, Bad Windsheim 1975. (3rd, revised and expanded edition under the title Bad Windsheim. History and presence of a Franconian town . 1989)
  • The German literary magazines 1815–1850. Bibliographies, programs, authors . 10 volumes, KTO Press, Nendeln 1978–1981. 2nd edition, 11 volumes 1991. ISBN 3-262-00023-X
  • The German literary magazines 1850–1880. Bibliographies, programs . 5 volumes, de Gruyter, Berlin 1988–1989
  • Small Germany and Großkrähwinkel. Friedrich Stoltze and his magazine . City and University Library, Frankfurt am Main 1981
  • Wolfgang Koeppen. Booklet for the exhibition d. City u. University Library Frankfurt am Main 1982. ISBN 3-88131-031-2
  • Catalog of works by Friedrich Stoltze . With Dore Struckmeier-Schubert a. Andrea Wölbing. Topos Verlag, Vaduz 1983. ISBN 3-289-00275-6
  • Ernst Jandl . Booklet accompanying the exhibition d. City u. University Library Frankfurt am Main 1984. ISBN 3-88131-038-X
  • The autographs of the Schopenhauer archive of the City and University Library Frankfurt am Main, complete directory . Frommann-Holzboog, Stuttgart 1988. ISBN 3-7728-0980-4
  • Karl Dedecius . Booklet accompanying the exhibition at the City and University Library Frankfurt am Main. 1991. ISBN 3-88131-068-1
  • Newspaper city Frankfurt am Main . On the history of the Frankfurt press in five centuries. (Exhibition catalog) Frankfurter Sparkasse, Frankfurt am Main 1994
  • Content-analytical bibliographies of German cultural journals of the 19th century . 3 volumes, Saur, Munich 1995. ISBN 3-598-23310-8
  • Context processing. Book studies . Saur, Munich 1998. ISBN 3-598-11371-4
  • Arthur Schopenhauer . Scenes from the environment of philosophy. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-458-17038-3
  • Schopenhauer's struggle for his work . The philosopher and his publishers. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005. ISBN 3-458-17252-1

Editing (selection).

  • Political avant-garde 1830–1840 . A documentary on "Young Germany". Athenaeum, Frankfurt am Main 1972. 2 volumes
  • Wilhelm Ludwig Wekherlin. Writings 1772–1789 . (Reprint) KTO-Press, Nendeln 1978. 5 volumes
  • (With Hans-Albrecht Koch ) German literature in title pages . Saur, Munich 1978
  • (With Jost Hermand and Merle Krueger) Our republic . Political statements by West German authors. Athenaion, Wiesbaden 1980. ISBN 3-7997-0738-7
  • Hermann Bahr : novel of the twelve . A literary joke from 1909. insel, Frankfurt am Main 1992. ISBN 3-458-33058-5
  • On the fantasy horse . Prose from the estate of Wolfgang Koeppen. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2000. ISBN 3-518-41153-5
  • "I would like a word ...". The correspondence between Wolfgang Koeppen and Siegfried Unseld . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2006. ISBN 3-518-41768-1
  • Wolfgang Koeppen: Maybe in Venice again this year . Fantasies about a dream city. Insel, Frankfurt am Main 2006. ISBN 3-458-34876-X

literature

  • Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar (1996)
  • Klaus Gerhard Saur: Obituary for a book connoisseur par excellence In: Börsenblatt, Vol. 175, 2008, No. 14, p. 40

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans Albrecht Koch: Estermann, Alfred. In: Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Saur, Munich 2008, Volume 11, p. 26
personal data
SURNAME Estermann, Alfred
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Estermann, Alfred Adolph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar, book historian and bibliographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Windsheim
DATE OF DEATH March 23, 2008
Place of death Bad Nauheim