Christian Ernst Fidelinus
Christian Ernst Fidelinus was a German novelist of the 18th century.
Fidelinus, whose biographical details are not known, is the possibly pseudonymous author of two novels distributed around the middle of the 18th century at the exhibition centers in Frankfurt am Main and Leipzig , both of which follow well-known (baroque) models. In 1753 Die Böhmische Robinsonin appeared , a robinsonade with a female heroine, and in the following year Die Engeländische Banise, or incidents of the Princess of Sussex , which referred to the model of Ziegler's Asiatic Banise or The bloody but courageous Pegu from 1689 and retold them Action moved to 10th century England.
He belongs to a group of authors who refer to the authoritative role models "from the previous seculo", see their main task in depicting "virtue in a very graceful and lovable way" and at the same time verbally differentiate themselves from contemporary gallant literature.
Accordingly, Fidelinus expresses himself extremely praising Ziegler's Banise , “which contains so many clever and political rules and state maxims that I am not ashamed to confess that I am in those An. 1726 edirten six hundred political rules and state maxims the most from this incomparablen Banise first part took. "The work referred to is titled Six hundred Auserlesene Christian Political rules and appeared under the pseudonym Johanes Sperante that elsewhere by Johann Zacharias Gleichmann used . Florian Gelzer therefore suggests that the otherwise unknown author Fidelius is identical to Johann Zacharias Gleichmann, who died in 1758.
Works
- The Bohemian Robinson, or curieuse and remarkable story of a woman named Aemilia, who lived for a long time on an uninhabited island. Frankfurt am Main & Leipzig 1753.
- The English Banise: Or incidents of the Princess of Sussex, communicated in a love and hero story of the curious world / by CEF Frankfurt am Main & Leipzig 1754, digitized . Reprint: Events of the Princess of Sussex. Minerva, Frankfurt am Main 1970.
literature
- Florian Gelzer: Conversation, gallantry and adventure: Romanesque narration between Thomasius and Wieland. De Gruyter, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3110937409 , p. 230 f ..
- Ernst Weber: Fidelinus, Christian Ernst. In: Wilhelm Kühlmann (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . Authors and works from the German-speaking cultural area. 2., completely revised Ed. De Gruyter, Berlin 2008, vol. 3, p. 438 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Christian Ernst Fidelinus in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Quotes from the preface to Die Engeländische Banise .
- ↑ Six Hundred Exquisite Christian Political Rules, And State Maximizes: To promote true state wisdom / Colllogiret with diligence, And out of love for the welfare of the republics, together with a preliminary speech, given to the light by Johanes Sperante . Groot, Allendorf an der Werre 1726, digitized .
- ↑ Florian Gelzer: Conversation, gallantry and adventure . Berlin 2007, p. 230, fn. 108.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fidelinus, Christian Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German novelist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1753 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1754 |