Carl Alt

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Carl Hermann Alt , modernized Karl Alt , (born October 30, 1873 in Riga , † after 1935 ) was a German literary historian and university professor.

Life

He was the son of the Riga councilor and city secretary Eugen Alt and his wife Marie nee Nauming. After attending the Stadtgymnasium in Riga and the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin , Carl Alt studied German literature and history from 1892 at the universities of Berlin and Munich . In 1897 he received his doctorate at Erich Schmidt in Berlin to Dr. phil.

From 1899 to 1902, Carl Alt worked for the Weimar Goethe edition, and in 1904 he completed his habilitation at the Technical University of Darmstadt . He then became a private lecturer at the Technical University of Darmstadt. In 1910 he received the title of professor there. During the First World War he was taken prisoner by the Russians , from which he was not released until 1920. From 1921 to 1925 he was then vice-rector at the teachers' college in the Prussian district town of Erfurt . Then he went to the Real-Gymnasium in Peine as a teacher . Carl Alt retired in Marburg .

Works (selection)

The main focus of his publications is the history of German literature in the Classical Age, including the following writings:

  • Studies on the genesis of Goethe's poetry and truth , Munich, 1898 [reprinted as research on recent literary history, vol. 5) Hildesheim, 1976].
  • Schiller and the Schlegel brothers , Weimar, Böhlau, 1904.
  • Goethe's works in ten parts. Part 10: Poetry and Truth - Eleventh to Twentieth Books (= Golden Classics Library), 1920.
  • Goethe's works Reissued on the basis of the Hempel edition: 6. – 8. Part: The sufferings of young Werther, Wilhelm Meister's apprenticeship years, Die Wahlverwandschaften , Leipzig, undated
  • Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Reissued on the basis of Hempel's edition: 9th part 1. – 10. Book: Poetry and Truth, Part 10, 11. – 20. Book: Poetry and Truth , Leipzig, undated

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  1. ↑ Herrmann AL Degener: Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 16.
personal data
SURNAME Old, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alt, Carl Hermann (full name); Old, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary historian and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1873
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga
DATE OF DEATH after 1935