Berthold Wiese
Berthold Heinrich Friedrich Wiese (born December 19, 1859 in Rostock ; † May 3, 1932 ) was a German Romanist and Italianist.
life and work
Wiese received his doctorate in 1883 under Adolf Tobler in Berlin with the thesis on the language of the Tesoretto Brunetto Latino and was high school professor at the Grand Ducal Real-Gymnasium in Ludwigslust . From 1889 until his retirement in 1925, he was teaching Italian at the University of Halle (from 1914 as a professor). He taught until the year he died.
Other works
- as editor: Leonardo Giustiniani : Poesie edite ed inedite (= Scelta di curiosità letterarie inedite o rare dal secolo XIII al XIX. Vol. 193, ZDB -ID 404887-8 ). Romagnoli, Bologna 1883 (Ristampa fotomeccanica. Commissione per i testi di lingua, Bologna 1968).
- as editor: An old Lombard Margaret legend. Passii sanctae Margaritae virginis et martyri. Critical text based on 8 manuscripts with preliminary investigations. Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1890.
- with Erasmo Pèrcopo : History of Italian literature from the earliest times to the present (= collection of illustrated literary stories. Vol. 3). Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig et al. 1899 (new print. Ibid. 1910).
- as editor: Rudolf Kleinpaul : Italian phrasebook. Conversation Dictionary. 3. Edition. Revised by Berthold Wiese. Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig et al. 1901 (several subsequent editions).
- Old Italian elementary book (= collection of Romance elementary and handbooks. Series 1: Grammars . Vol. 4, ZDB -ID 519011-3 ). Winter, Heidelberg 1904 (2nd, improved edition, ibid 1928).
- as editor: Das Ninfale Fiesolano Giovanni Boccaccio. Critical text (= collection of Romance elementary and handbooks. Row 5: Investigations and texts. Vol. 3, ZDB -ID 519015-0 ). Winter, Heidelberg 1913.
- as editor: Dante : La divina commedia. Bremer Presse, Munich 1921.
- as editor: Dante: Das neue Leben (= Reclams Universal-Bibliothek. Vol. 1153, ZDB -ID 134899-1 ). Based on the translation by Witte - Kannegiesser . Reclam, Leipzig 1921 (2nd edition. (= Insel-Bücherei. Vol. 101, ISSN 0233-1047 ). Insel-Verlag, Leipzig 1965).
- as editor: Dante: Lyrische Gedichte (= Reclams Universal-Bibliothek. Vol. 1211). Based on the translation by Witte-Kannegiesser. Reclam, Leipzig 1921.
- as editor: Dante: Divine Comedy (= Reclams Universal Library. Vol. 796/800). Translated by Karl Witte. Reclam, Leipzig 1922 (several subsequent editions).
literature
- Alexander M. Kalkhoff: Romance Philology in the 19th and early 20th Century. Institutional historical perspectives (= Romanica Monacensia. Vol. 78). Narr, Tübingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-8233-6504-4 , p. 125.
- Annette Schiller: “'… loyalty to one's own fatherland is higher than the love of science…': Romanists from Halle in the First World War”. In: Romanische Studien , Nr. 1 (2015), pp. 153–170, online: http://www.romanischestudien.de/index.php/rst/article/view/8 .
Web links
- Entry on Berthold Wiese in the Catalogus Professorum Halensis
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiese, Berthold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wiese, Berthold Heinrich Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Romanist and Italianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 3, 1932 |