August Wilhelm Bohtz
August Wilhelm Bohtz (born July 17, 1799 in Stettin ; † May 7, 1880 in Göttingen ) was a German aesthetician and literary historian .
Born as the son of a Stettin merchant, he attended the United Royal and City High School in his hometown from 1814 to 1820 . He then studied at the University of Halle , the University of Berlin and the University of Göttingen .
Bohtz received his doctorate in Göttingen in 1828 and qualified as a professor in the same year for literary history and aesthetics . He taught at the University of Göttingen first as a private lecturer, from 1837 as an associate. Professor and from 1842 as full professor. Bohtz was a representative of late Romanticism and friends with the poet Ludwig Tieck († 1853).
Fonts
- The idea of the tragic. A philosophical treatise. Kübler, Göttingen 1836 ( online ).
- About the funny and the comedy. A contribution to the philosophy of beauty. Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, Göttingen 1844 ( online ).
literature
- Gustav Roethe : Bohtz, August Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 47, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1903, pp. 87-89.
- Eckhard Wendt: Stettiner Lebensbilder (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania . Series V, Volume 40). Böhlau, Cologne / Weimar / Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-412-09404-8 , pp. 90–91.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohtz, August Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aesthetician and literary historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 1880 |
| Place of death | Goettingen |